Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(555915)
2014 GX53
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 2026
--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:
TNO, 7:11 resonance
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
40.53537 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
258.0831 yr (= 94264.8 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.135511
| |
perihelion distance q: |
35.04239 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
46.02836 AU
| |
inclination i: |
14.542525°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
129.0041°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
97.057088°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
5.9646°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2021 Aug 12.18
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
2002-2025
(439 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
34.0513 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.482
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 2.96880105945519 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
7200
km
(separation)
[P26d]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 45 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0097 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
42
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
5.34
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
320
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.126
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.0
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
740000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
318
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
36
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.11
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
4.76
± 0.06
[P26d]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(555915) 2014 GX53
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2002 Apr 12
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
NEAT Survey.
Permanent number assigned 2021 Jun 01.
Companion discovered
2026 May 02
by B. Proudfoot, W. Grundy, D. Ragozzine, B. Holler, F. L. Rommel, and E. Fernandez-Valenzuela
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2026 May 27 [P26d].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2026.
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