Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(53453) 1999 XX135

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 18 December 2023

--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, inner


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.9485943601 AU
orbital period P: 2.7201344083 yr
(= 993.5290926 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0787781376
perihelion distance q: 1.7950877254 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.1021009948 AU
inclination i: 17.87658661°
argument of perihelion ω: 157.4512312°
ascending node Ω: 269.85268776°
mean anomaly M: 268.0606841°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 May 23.734403
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 1982-2023 (1716 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.815851 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.832


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 4.3 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:2.8 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.009 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.5205 ± 0.0002 d [W23f]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.06 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.2 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 460 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.0 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.4047 ± 0.0003 h [W23f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.32 [W23f]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.31 [W23f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.1 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.36 ± 0.03 [W23f]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.2 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (53453) 1999 XX135 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1999 Dec 12 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Alternate designation(s): 1993 NG. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1982 Aug 13. Permanent number assigned 2003 Feb 16.

Companion discovered 2023 Jul 16 by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Announced 2023 Dec 18 [W23f].

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