Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(555678) 2014 CO23

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 March 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: TNO, Cubewano hot


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 43.91129 AU
orbital period P: 290.9863 yr
(= 106282.7 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1776528
perihelion distance q: 36.11032 AU
aphelion distance Q: 51.7123 AU
inclination i: 7.936397°
argument of perihelion ω: 50.1065°
ascending node Ω: 20.33948°
mean anomaly M: 98.6362°
perihelion passage TP: 1946 Feb 28.64
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 2002-2025 (284 obs.)
Earth MOID: 35.13 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.781
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.040 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 4450 km (separation) [P26b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:28 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0050 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 16 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 5.3 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 412 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.079 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 880000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 313 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 268 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.86 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.34 [P26b]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (555678) 2014 CO23 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2014 Feb 09 from Haleakala, Hawaii, USA by PanSTARRS 1 program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2002 Dec 14. Permanent number assigned 2021 Jun 01.

Companion discovered 2026 Mar 09 by B. Proudfoot, W. Grundy, D. Ragozzine, B. Holler, F. L. Rommel, and E. Fernandez-Valenzuela using imaging observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2026 Mar 17 [P26b].

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