Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(42773)
1998 UN15
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 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:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
3.18119806 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
5.6740644652 yr (= 2072.4520459 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.1853534305
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.5915520864 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.7708440337 AU
| |
inclination i: |
1.90816317°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
267.2942918°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
88.4425356°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
353.8946076°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Jul 14.1475914
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
1995-2025
(2210 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.58681 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.172
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
19.2
km
(separation)
[M26f]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.3 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.011 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.96
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.23
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
9.3
km [*D]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.041
[*D]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1800 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
8.9
km [M26f]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
2.74
± 0.72
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | ~4.3 x ~1.8 km [M26f] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 2.5; ? [*D] | |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.31
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.56
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(42773) 1998 UN15
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1998 Oct 23
from
Visnjan Observatory, Croatia
by
K. Korlevic.
Alternate designation(s):
1996 FO22, 2000 AB60.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1995 Mar 10.
Permanent number assigned 2002 Jun 24.
Companion discovered
2026 Sep 22
by P. Maley, L. Liberato, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber
using
stellar occultation
observations from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Announced
2026 Sep 28 [M26f].
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2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 September 2026.
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