Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(436030)
2009 JO2
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 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:
NEA, Aten
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
0.8883435879 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
0.8372972411 yr (= 305.8228173 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.47843703
| |
perihelion distance q: |
0.46332712 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
1.313360053 AU
| |
inclination i: |
19.621646°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
239.728222°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
203.408694°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
327.200308°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Dec 18.863595
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
2009-2025
(653 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.0567461 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
6.541
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
?
| |
orbital period Ps: |
?
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
19.42
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
0.3
± 0.04
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.425
± 0.151
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
11 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
0.3
± 0.04
km [M19a]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
?
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(436030) 2009 JO2
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2009 May 13
from
Mount Lemmon, Arizona, USA
by
Mount Lemmon Survey.
Permanent number assigned 2015 Jun 02.
Companion discovered
2025 Apr 21
by L. A. M. Benner, et al.
using
radar
observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA.
Announced
2025 Apr [B26g].
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--Links to ADS abstracts:
©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 May 2026.
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