Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(523664) 2012 OD1

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 August 2024

--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, Aten (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 0.8287419702 AU
orbital period P: 0.7544617081 yr
(= 275.5671389 d)
eccentricity e: 0.50271793
perihelion distance q: 0.41211853 AU
aphelion distance Q: 1.2453654139 AU
inclination i: 42.26759°
argument of perihelion ω: 224.365849°
ascending node Ω: 303.7283991°
mean anomaly M: 289.8552334°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 May 23.693313
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 2012-2021 (751 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.038042 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 6.789


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: >0.75 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.3 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.065 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.9 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 18.59 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.35 ± 0.09 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.536 ± 0.253 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 12 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.45 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: <12.6 h [B24j]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.63 [W19i]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.3 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.6 [*E]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.0 [*E]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (523664) 2012 OD1 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2012 Jul 19 from La Sagra, Granada, Spain by OAM. Permanent number assigned 2018 Sep 25.

Companion discovered 2024 Jul 26 by L. A. M. Benner, et al. using radar observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA. Announced 2024 Jul 27 [B24j].

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