Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2001 QQ322
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 September 2014
--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, Cubewano
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
43.930 AU
|
orbital period P: |
291.171 yr (= 106350.4 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.05360
|
perihelion distance q: |
41.575 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
46.284 AU
|
inclination i: |
3.957405°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
353.02°
|
ascending node Ω: |
76.512°
|
mean anomaly M: |
296.45°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2065 Oct 16
|
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
|
data arc: |
2001-2007
(19 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
40.5889 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.907
|
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.09 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
3890
± 90 km
(separation)
[G12b]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 45 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0068 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
32
d [*E]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
6.4
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
231
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.09
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
570000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
171
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
?
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
156
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.912
[N08d]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.2
[N08d]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2001 QQ322
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2001 Aug 21
from
Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chile
by
M. W. Buie.
Companion discovered
2007 Jun 15
by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, S. D. Kern, H. F. Levison, and D. C. Stephens
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2008 Mar 04 [N08d].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Noll, K. S., Grundy, W. M., Kern, S. D., Levison, H. F., & Stephens, D. C. 2008, International Astronomical Union Circular 2001 QQ_322 and 2005 PR_21
©
2008, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 September 2014.
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