Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(377732) 2005 XJ8

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 2 October 2022

--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: NEA, Apollo (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.9302637508 AU
orbital period P: 2.6818419802 yr
(= 979.5427833 d)
eccentricity e: 0.62148632
perihelion distance q: 0.730631235 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.1298962662 AU
inclination i: 23.5776887°
argument of perihelion ω: 67.3077114°
ascending node Ω: 115.9431959°
mean anomaly M: 43.7577333°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 Apr 11.937300
Epoch: 2022 Aug 09
data arc: 2005-2022 (798 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0173517 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.57


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: ?
orbital period Ps: ?
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 17.07 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.986 ± 0.028 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.288 ± 0.034 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 150 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.986 ± 0.028 km [M**]
rotation period RPp: 42.89 ± 0.03 h [W22f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.9 ± 0.03 [W22f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: 9.396 ± 0.004 h [W22f]

-- (377732) 2005 XJ8 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2005 Dec 04 from Catalina Station, Arizona, USA by Catalina Sky Survey. Permanent number assigned 2013 Nov 17.

Companion discovered 2022 Jun 24 by B. D. Warner, R. D. Stephens, and D. R. Coley using lightcurve observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, USA. Announced 2022 Sep 22 [W22f].

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