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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