Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(459865)
2013 XZ8
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:
Centaur
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
13.368314 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
48.879095 yr (= 17853.09 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.37085271
| |
perihelion distance q: |
8.4106386 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
18.325989 AU
| |
inclination i: |
22.5598298°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
288.19584°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
266.604654°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
37.615924°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2021 Apr 30.5543
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
2008-2024
(800 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
7.48671 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.139
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.393 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
290
± 84 km
(separation)
[P26m]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 11 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0083 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
3.9
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
9.49
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
70
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.058) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
35000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
53
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
87.744
h [JPL]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
45
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.85
± 0.04
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.35
± 0.09
[P26m]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(459865) 2013 XZ8
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2008 Oct 31
from
Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA
by
Spacewatch Program.
Permanent number assigned 2016 Feb 22.
Companion discovered
2025 Jun 05
by B. Proudfoot, W. Grundy, D. Trilling, and E. Clark
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2026 Sep 28 [P26m].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 September 2026.
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