Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(792156) 2020 XR
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
2 April 2025
--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: |
2.4969560878 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.945704521 yr (= 1441.1685763 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.6124934757
| |
perihelion distance q: |
0.967586775 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
4.026325401 AU
| |
inclination i: |
13.9604572°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
163.0979792°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
249.6996507°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
351.5612977°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2024 Nov 19.7822014
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Oct 17
| |
data arc: |
2013-2024
(337 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.00164873 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.147
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
0.42
km
(separation)
[B24u]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 2.8 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.019 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.5
d [B24u]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
19.73
[MPC]
19.73 ± 0.37 [JPL]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
0.3
km [B24u]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.25 [*D]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
23 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
0.3
km [B24u]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
0.06
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.2
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.5
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(792156) 2020 XR
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2020 Dec 04
from
Haleakala, Hawaii, USA
by
PanSTARRS 2 program.
Companion discovered
2024 Dec 02
by L. A. M. Benner, et al.
using
radar
observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA.
Announced
2024 Dec 02 [B24u].
Permanent number assigned 2025 Mar 31.
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©
2024, 2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
2 April 2025.
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