Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(84522) 2002 TC302

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 May 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, 2:5 resonance


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 55.837 AU
orbital period P: 417.245 yr
(= 152398.7 d)
eccentricity e: 0.2995092
perihelion distance q: 39.11329 AU
aphelion distance Q: 72.5607 AU
inclination i: 35.00795°
argument of perihelion ω: 86.0704°
ascending node Ω: 23.825376°
mean anomaly M: 331.7279°
perihelion passage TP: 2058 Aug 28.42
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 2000-2026 (564 obs.)
Earth MOID: 38.3108 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.213
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:2.668 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1780 km [O20d]
separation/primary radius as/rp:7.1 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0013 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 2.3358 ± 0.0458 d [O20d]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 3.92 [MPC]
4.23 ± 0.1 [G26b]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 584 ± 106/88 km [F13a]
geometric albedo: 0.115 ± 0.047/0.033 [F13a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1400000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 499.6 ± 10 km [O20d]
dimensions :543 x 460 km [O20d]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.18, ? [*D]
geometric albedo :0.147± 0.005 [O20d]
rotation period RPp: 56.06 ± 1.1 h [O20d]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.06 ± 0.01 [O20d]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 272 ± 114/92 km [G26b]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.54 ± 0.23 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.32 ± 0.97 [*D]
geometric albedo :0.111± 0.019[0.022]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (84522) 2002 TC302 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2002 Oct 09 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by ?. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 Aug 05. Permanent number assigned 2004 May 04.

Companion discovered 2020 by J. M. Gomez-Limon, R. Leiva, J. L. Ortiz, P. Santos-Sanz, M. Kretlow, Y. Kilic, J. L. Rizos, A. Alvarez-Candal, and T. Muller using observations. Announced 2026 May 22 [G26b].

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