Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(24465) 2000 SX155

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 23 April 2017

--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, Hungaria


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.9253595763 AU
orbital period P: 2.671577481 yr
(= 975.8121043 d)
eccentricity e: 0.085087494
perihelion distance q: 1.76153555 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.0891835978 AU
inclination i: 21.6483844°
argument of perihelion ω: 1.338162°
ascending node Ω: 35.527775°
mean anomaly M: 40.328957°
perihelion passage TP: 2016 Oct 29.685741
Epoch: 2017 Feb 16
data arc: 1984-2017 (733 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.768949 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.829


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 3.6 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:2.3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0084 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.3855 ± 0.00004 d [S17a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.1 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.18 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 430 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.1 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.66087 ± 0.00005 h [S17a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.08 ± 0.02 [S17a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.68 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.22 ± 0.02 [S17a]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.3 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (24465) 2000 SX155 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Sep 24 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Alternate designation(s): 1984 UN5, 1992 WA5. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1984 Oct 30. Permanent number assigned 2001 Apr 08.

Companion discovered 2016 Oct 12 by R. D. Stephens, B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, United States. Announced 2017 Mar [S17a].

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