Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(307616) 2003 QW90

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 12 September 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: TNO, Cubewano hot


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 43.90251 AU
orbital period P: 290.899 yr
(= 106250.8 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0794248
perihelion distance q: 40.41556 AU
aphelion distance Q: 47.38946 AU
inclination i: 10.360537°
argument of perihelion ω: 85.8047°
ascending node Ω: 17.775913°
mean anomaly M: 292.3143°
perihelion passage TP: 2081 Feb 16.8
Epoch: 2026 Jun 09
data arc: 2002-2025 (578 obs.)
Earth MOID: 39.4484 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.815
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.055 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1830 ± 30 km [P26g]
separation/primary radius as/rp:12 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0019 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 4.5 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 5.12 [MPC]
5.00 ± 0.30 [M20d]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 401 ± 63/48 km [M20d]
geometric albedo: 0.084 ± 0.026/0.022 [M20d]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 960000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 304 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 262 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.86 ± 0.06 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.32 ± 0.14 [P25g]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (307616) 2003 QW90 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2003 Aug 23 from Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chile by M. W. Buie. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2002 Sep 11. Permanent number assigned 2011 Dec 10.

Companion discovered 2026 Sep 05 by B. Proudfoot, W. Grundy, D. Ragozzine, B. Holler, F. L. Rommel, and E. Fernandez-Valenzuela, using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2026 Sep 12 [P25g].

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