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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