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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©
2020, 2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 June 2025.
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