Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(32230)
2000 OP27
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
28 February 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:
main belt asteroid, outer
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
3.2148862976 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
5.7644334377 yr (= 2105.4593131 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.13927854073
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.7671216255 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.6626509698 AU
| |
inclination i: |
18.22643369°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
236.86388934°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
154.13746705°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
86.33567885°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2024 Jul 04.0659470
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1998-2025
(5199 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.81305 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.097
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
49.38
± 0.19 km
(separation)
[Y26a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 8.3 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.019 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
2.6
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
12.62
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
11.97
± 0.15
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.162
± 0.015
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.605 ± 0.177 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
2600 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
11.97
± 0.15
km [M19a]
| |
dimensions : | ~14 x ~10 km [*D] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.3, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
11.8627
h [JPL]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.3
[Y26a]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>2.24
± 0.09
km [Y26a]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(32230) 2000 OP27
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2000 Jul 23
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1998 Mar 24.
Permanent number assigned 2001 Nov 30.
Companion discovered
2024 Nov 22
by Y. Yang, Y. Zhang, Y. Lin, A. Zhu, K. Wang, and C. Guo,
using
stellar occultation
observations from Hanjiang, Putian, Fujian, PR China.
Announced
2026 Feb 23 [Y26a].
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2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
28 February 2026.
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