Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(496869) 2000 QU7

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 April 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: NEA, Apollo


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.2815431921 AU
orbital period P: 3.4462854347 yr
(= 1258.755755 d)
eccentricity e: 0.647486414
perihelion distance q: 0.804274972 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.7588114124 AU
inclination i: 22.326201°
argument of perihelion ω: 87.767454°
ascending node Ω: 339.1187337°
mean anomaly M: 40.7215864°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 Dec 13.615191
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 1994-2025 (587 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.145427 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.214


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 0.87 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.1 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.023 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.524 ± 0.013 d [P25f]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 18.15 [MPC]
18.28 ± 0.05 [P25f]
slope parameter G: 0.28 [P25f]
effective diameter dE: 0.6 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.24 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R:0.426 ± 0.011 [P25f]
taxonomic type:
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 38 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.55 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.881 ± 0.001 h [P25f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.06 [P25f]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.17 [P25f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.23 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.41 ± 0.02 [P25f]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.94 ± 0.11 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (496869) 2000 QU7 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Aug 24 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1994 Apr 02. Permanent number assigned 2017 Oct 05.

Companion discovered 2025 Feb 18 by P. Pravec, K. Hornoch, P. Kusnirak, H. Kucakova, P. Fatka, A. Galad, and J. de Leon using lightcurve observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory, Chile; Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic. Announced 2025 Apr 04 [P25f].

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