Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(67426)
2000 QA98
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 July 2025
--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: |
2.2325326292 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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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 July 2025.
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