Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(549328) 2011 GO27

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 12 April 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: NEA, Apollo


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.8553479217 AU
orbital period P: 2.5272385955 yr
(= 923.073897 d)
eccentricity e: 0.4715837301
perihelion distance q: 0.980396028 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.7302998153 AU
inclination i: 6.66508°
argument of perihelion ω: 95.884675°
ascending node Ω: 336.778459°
mean anomaly M: 354.8097811°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 Dec 04.3082100
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 2011-2026 (1453 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.102771 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.851


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: ?
orbital period Ps: ?
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 18.96 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.54 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: 41 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.54 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.59608 ± 0.00005 h [P26a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.12 [P26a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (549328) 2011 GO27 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2011 Apr 04 from Mount Lemmon, Arizona, USA by Mount Lemmon Survey. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2011 Apr 03. Permanent number assigned 2021 Mar 25.

Companion discovered 2025 Aug 30 by P. Pravec, et al. using lightcurve observations from Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan. Announced 2026 Apr 09 [P26a].

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