Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(44168)
1998 JJ4
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
16 November 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:
Mars crossing asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.4342067677 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.797907653 yr (= 1387.1857703 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.3260920287
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.6404313446 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.2279821907 AU
| |
inclination i: |
9.85441385°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
117.138202°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
222.9780049°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
22.131327°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Aug 27.7214947
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1987-2025
(2008 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.660434 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.412
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
5.2
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.6 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.014 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.7246
± 0.0008
d [A25b]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
15.19
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
3.04
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
380 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
2.95
km [*E]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.554
± 0.0002
h [A25b]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.09
[A25b]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.07 [A25b] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>0.77
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.26
[A25b]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.9
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(44168) 1998 JJ4
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1998 May 15
from
Woomera, South Australia, Australia
by
F. B. Zoltowski.
Alternate designation(s):
1987 SA12.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1987 Sep 18.
Permanent number assigned 2002 Aug 22.
Companion discovered
2025 Sep 24
by D. Augustin, R. Behrend, P. Pravec, A. Leroy, A. Rajaonarivelo, H. J. Ralaimanampisoa, and F. Rabemanotrona
using
lightcurve
observations from e-EyE Observatory, Spain; Ecole du Monde Besely, Madagascar.
Announced
2025 Nov 12 [A25b].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
16 November 2025
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