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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©
2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
2 October 2022.
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