Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(48489) 1992 EZ28

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 June 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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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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