Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(175189) 2005 EC224

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 September 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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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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