Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(85804) 1998 WQ5

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 31 December 2022

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: NEA, Amor


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.7214509564 AU
orbital period P: 2.2586564789 yr
(= 824.9742789 d)
eccentricity e: 0.354201898
perihelion distance q: 1.11170976 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.3311921531 AU
inclination i: 27.6557919°
argument of perihelion ω: 269.7979598°
ascending node Ω: 285.72157991°
mean anomaly M: 169.4477323°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 Feb 01.6943868
Epoch: 2023 Feb 25
data arc: 1989-2022 (2424 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.372369 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.976


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 9.3 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:6.9 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.039 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.9221 ± 0.0008 d [W22g]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.4 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 2.84 ± 0.06 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.167 ± 0.028 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: Sr (Tholen) [LMP]
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 240 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 2.70 ± 0.06 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.6761 ± 0.0003 h [W22g]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.06 ± 0.01 [W22g]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.17 ±0.01 [W22g]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.89 ± 0.08 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.33 ± 0.03 [W22g]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.4 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (85804) 1998 WQ5 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1998 Nov 19 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1989 Nov 25. Permanent number assigned 2004 Aug 30.

Companion discovered 2022 Jun 27 by B. D. Warner and R. D. Stephens using lightcurve observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, USA. Announced 2022 Dec [W22g].

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