Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(134421)
1998 QT2
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
24 May 2025
--Orbital and physical data--
(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
dynamical type, primary:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.62814554915 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.2607134 yr (= 1556.22556934 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.1863195258
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.1384707167 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.11782038163 AU
| |
inclination i: |
27.284583901°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
305.95448756°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
327.08782306°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
128.37489281°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2023 Oct 28.0547482
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
1998-2025
(2159 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.20157 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.221
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
17.4
km
(separation)
[H25f]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 5.4 [*D] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0163 [*D] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.4
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.77
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
7.60
± 0.11
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.045
± 0.005
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1100 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
6.4
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | 7.0 x 5.9 km [H25f] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.2, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.3
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | 1.8 x 1.0 km [H25f] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.8; ? [*D] | |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.20
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.5
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(134421) 1998 QT2
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1998 Aug 17
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Permanent number assigned 2006 Sep 07.
Companion discovered
2024 Oct 12
by S. Conard, G. A. Lyzenga, D. Herald, et al.
using
stellar occultation
observations from Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, USA; Altadena, California, USA.
Announced
2025 May 20 [H25f].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
24 May 2025.
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