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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