Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(25251)
1998 UL25
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 August 2026
--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: |
2.54056169454 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.0495132174 yr (= 1479.08470265 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.2709243245
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.8522617336 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.22886165549 AU
| |
inclination i: |
5.95835677°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
155.1179186°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
178.09700997°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
334.97392737°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Sep 19.8213366
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
1990-2026
(3151 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.843363 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.386
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
4.6
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.2 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.010 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.54188
± 0.00017
d [B26k]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.85
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
2.99
± 0.08
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.313
± 0.073
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
450 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
2.89
± 0.08
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.9973
± 0.0002
h [B26k]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.07
[B26k]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.07 [B26k] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>0.75
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.26
[B26k]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.93
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(25251) 1998 UL25
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1998 Oct 18
from
La Silla, Chile
by
E. W. Elst.
Alternate designation(s):
1990 WY.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1990 Nov 18.
Permanent number assigned 2001 Jun 06.
Companion discovered
2026 Aug 02
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, A. Leroy, D. Baratoux, S. Bouley, and A. Rajaonarivelo
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Observatory of Besely, Ecole du Monde, Madagascar.
Announced
2026 Aug 26 [B26k].
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2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 August 2026.
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