Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2023 QE6
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
13 November 2023
--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, Amor
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.801212 AU
|
orbital period P: |
4.68843 yr (= 1712.448 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.5489626
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.2634515 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
4.338973 AU
|
inclination i: |
3.600623°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
326.65524°
|
ascending node Ω: |
58.281815°
|
mean anomaly M: |
352.39536°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2023 Oct 19.17374
|
Epoch: |
2023 Sep 13
|
data arc: |
2023 Aug-Nov
(130 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.269632 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.082
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
0.48
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.8 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.009 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.723
± 0.008
d [P23c]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
21.15
[MPC]
21.15 ± 0.08 [P23c]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.24) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
0.26
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.09
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
color index V-R: | 0.4 ± 0.04 [P23c] |
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
55 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
0.25
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.3801
± 0.0005
h [P23c]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.12
[P23c]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.12 ±0.04 [P23c] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
0.07
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.28
± 0.02
[P23c]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.8
± 0.2
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2023 QE6
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2023 Aug 18
from
Haleakala, Hawaii, USA
by
PanSTARRS 2 program.
Companion discovered
2023 Oct 13
by P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, P. Fatka, and H. Kucakova
using
lightcurve
observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory.
Announced
2023 Nov 09 [P23c].
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2023
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
13 November 2023.
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