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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©
2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
6 April 2025.
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