Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(27150) Annasante

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 October 2026

--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: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.8067972728 AU
orbital period P: 4.7024563298 yr
(= 1717.5721745 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1077333688
perihelion distance q: 2.5044115472 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.1091829985 AU
inclination i: 14.159563527°
argument of perihelion ω: 189.62229397°
ascending node Ω: 236.05614188°
mean anomaly M: 315.64444889°
perihelion passage TP: 2027 Jan 06.6218344
Epoch: 2026 Jun 09
data arc: 1951-2025 (3107 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.51758 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.27


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 16.4 km (separation) [C26c]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.6 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0094 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.76 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.07 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 9.06 ± 0.16 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.058 ± 0.009 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1800 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 9.0 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 85.7333 h [JPL]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.1 km [*D]
dimensions :1.3 x 0.9 km [C26c]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.4; ? [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.12 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 4.6 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (27150) Annasante --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1998 Dec 16 from Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna, Italy by E. Colombini, et al.. Alternate designation(s): 1998 YQ3 . Linked to prediscovery observations from 1951 Nov 28. Permanent number assigned 2001 Aug 04.

Named 2005 Sep 18 for Anna Mazzi (1934-) and Sante Colombini (1933-) [MPC054827].

Companion discovered 2026 Oct 09 by N. Carlson, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber using stellar occultation observations from Tucson, Arizona, USA. Announced 2026 Oct 20 [C26c].

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