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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