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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