Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(809875) 2020 BX12

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 June 2025

--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 (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.600412023 AU
orbital period P: 2.024677751 yr
(= 739.5135484 d)
eccentricity e: 0.527273435
perihelion distance q: 0.75655728 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.444266769 AU
inclination i: 40.055267°
argument of perihelion ω: 70.505307°
ascending node Ω: 132.8467296°
mean anomaly M: 93.4073569°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 Apr 08.122205
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 2014-2024 (173 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.00129412 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.973


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: >0.4 km [Z25a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.9 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.031 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.96 ± 0.08 d [V20a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 20.63 [MPC]
20.64 ± 0.39 [JPL]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.21 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.22 [*D]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type:
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 13 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.205 ± 0.065 km [Z25a]
dimensions :~0.36 x ~0.12 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:3, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.5 ± 0.5 h [Z25a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 2.0 [W23f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.05 ± 0.025 km [Z25a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.24 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.1 [*D]
rotation period RPs: <49 h [V20a]

-- (809875) 2020 BX12 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2020 Jan 27 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by ATLAS-MLO. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2014 Jan 05. Permanent number assigned 2025 Jun 11.

Companion discovered 2020 Feb 04 by A. K. Virkki, L. F. Zambrano-Marin, S. E. Marshall, D. C. Hickson, and P. A. Taylor using radar observations from Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico. Announced 2020 Feb 07 [V20a].

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