Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(175189)
2005 EC224
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 September 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, Amor
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.0578949933 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
2.952181253 yr (= 1078.2842028 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.385785604
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.26398873 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.8518012564 AU
| |
inclination i: |
2.6238868°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
79.453941°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
169.123378°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
11.4189732°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 May 05.797504
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
2002-2026
(1249 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.255414 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.688
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
1.1
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 5.2 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.024 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.1021
± 0.0012
d [P26n]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
18.29
[MPC]
18.44 ± 0.13 [P26n]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.24) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
0.485
km [T16a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.259
[T16a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index V-R: | 0.422 ± 0.011 [P26n] | |
taxonomic type: |
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
48 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
0.44
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.506
± 0.003
h [P26n]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.08
[P26n]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.29 ±0.09 [P26n] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
0.20
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.45
[P26n]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.73
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(175189) 2005 EC224
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2005 Mar 11
from
Mount Lemmon, Arizona, USA
by
Mount Lemmon Survey.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2002 Feb 05.
Permanent number assigned 2008 Jan 22.
Companion discovered
2026 Jul 09
by P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova, P. Fatka, A. Galad, K. Ergashev, O. Burkhonov, M. Lazzarin, A. Farina, and P. Ochner
using
lightcurve
observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory, Chile; Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan.
Announced
2026 Sep 28 [P26n].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 September 2026.
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