Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(67426) 2000 QA98

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 July 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.2325326292 AU
orbital period P: 3.335837793 yr
(= 1218.414754 d)
eccentricity e: 0.2066290649
perihelion distance q: 1.7712264997 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.6938387586 AU
inclination i: 4.76612088°
argument of perihelion ω: 159.8630349°
ascending node Ω: 122.3403851°
mean anomaly M: 190.7686425°
perihelion passage TP: 2026 Nov 28.761063
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 1992-2025 (1154 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.755846 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.608


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 4.86 km (separation) [N25d]
separation/primary radius as/rp:2.9 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.58 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 16.34 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.43 ± 0.04 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.059 ± 0.011 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: C [H11e]
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.3 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 440 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.4 ± 0.2 km [N25d]
dimensions :3.95 x 3.0 km [N25d]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.32, ? [*D]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.70 km [*D]
dimensions :0.82 x 0.60 km [N25d]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.37; ? [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.21 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.4 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (67426) 2000 QA98 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Aug 28 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1992 Jan 09. Permanent number assigned 2003 Sep 10.

Companion discovered 2024 Oct 28 by M. Nelson, D. Herald, D. Gault, and B. Anderson using stellar occultation observations from Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Announced 2026 Jul 18 [N25d].

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