Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(48489)
1992 EZ28
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
19 June 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: |
2.5579671365 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.0911993637 yr (= 1494.3105676 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.127661884
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.2314122328 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.8845220403 AU
| |
inclination i: |
13.400082965°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
84.33865555°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
168.72645201°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
318.3109159°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Oct 25.0456637
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
1989-2025
(2794 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.26633 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.387
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
5.9
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.3 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.9504
± 0.0004
d [A25a]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.61
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
2.91
± 0.34
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.228
± 0.037
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.354 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
490 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
2.76
± 0.32
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
3.067
± 0.0005
h [A25a]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.06
[A25a]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.13 ±0.02 [A25a] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>0.91
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.33
[G25a]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.4
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(48489) 1992 EZ28
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1992 Mar 02
from
La Silla, Chile
by
UESAC.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1989 Aug 02.
Permanent number assigned 2002 Nov 20.
Companion discovered
2025 Mar 25
by D. Augustin, R. Behrend, M. Conjat, E. Barbotin, J.-F. Gout, A. Wuensche, and R. Nicollerat
using
lightcurve
observations from e-EyE Observatory, Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain; Nice Observatory, Nice, France; La Grande Vallee Observatory, Etriac, France; Tree Gate Farm Observatory, Starkville, Mississippi, USA; DeepSky Chile Observatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile; Observatoire des Valentines, Bex, Switzerland.
Announced
2025 Jun 06 [A25a].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 June 2025.
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