Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(84522)
2002 TC302
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
24 May 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, 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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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
24 May 2026.
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