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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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 March 2026.
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