Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(671468) 2014 LQ28

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 5 April 2024

--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: 44.04605 AU
orbital period P: 292.3269 yr
(= 106772.4 d)
eccentricity e: 0.104067
perihelion distance q: 39.46233 AU
aphelion distance Q: 48.6298 AU
inclination i: 1.295486°
argument of perihelion ω: 156.8036°
ascending node Ω: 223.5172°
mean anomaly M: 347.2495°
perihelion passage TP: 2032 Dec 15.7
Epoch: 2022 Aug 09
data arc: 2010-2022 (258 obs.)
Earth MOID: 38.4652 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.904
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.090 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 32900 ± 5300 km [B23i]
separation/primary radius as/rp:390 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.072 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1470 ± 310 d [B23i]
eccentricity es: 0.64 ± 0.15 [B23i]
inclination is:43° ± 2° [B23i]
ascending node Ωs:5° ± 4° [B23i]
argument of pericenter ωs:256° ± 5° [B23i]
mean anomaly M:268° ± 19° [B23i]
Epoch:2016 Aug 15.258
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 5.88 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 220 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 1.4x1018 ± 6x1017 kg [B23i]
density ρ: (0.5 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 460000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 169 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 141 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.83 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.4 [S18a]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (671468) 2014 LQ28 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2014 Jun 03 from Haleakala, Hawaii, USA by PanSTARRS 1 program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2010 May 25. Permanent number assigned 2024 Apr.

Companion discovered 2016 Sep 28 by S. S. Sheppard and A. Thirouin using adaptive optics telescope observations from Magellan Telescope. Announced 2018 Feb 04 [S18a].

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