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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