Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2024 XW49
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
10 January 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:
trans-Neptunian object
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
45.98 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
311.7 yr (= 113865 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.185
| |
perihelion distance q: |
37.49 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
54.46 AU
| |
inclination i: |
9.6654°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
262.3°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
138.415°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
35.4°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
1995 Mar
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
2024-2025
(11 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
36.35091 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.873
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.050 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
38000
km
(separation)
[S26a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 800 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.142 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
2600
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
7.45 ± 0.13 [JPL]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
119
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.13
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
270000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
95
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
72
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.76
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.6
[S26a]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
2024 XW49
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2024 Dec 04
from
Subaru Telescope, Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA.
Companion discovered
2024 Dec 04
by S. S. Sheppard and D. J. Tholen
using
adaptive optics telescope
observations from Subaru Telescope, Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA.
Announced
2026 Jan 07 [S26a].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
10 January 2026.
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