Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(849935)
2006 RA55
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
19 January 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, Amor
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.4379022478 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.8065595995 yr (= 1390.3458937 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.495431416
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.23008889 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.6457156104 AU
| |
inclination i: |
1.7984411°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
61.40034°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
21.47902°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
350.1101905°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Dec 29.195156
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
2006-2025
(328 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.247485 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.323
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
0.45
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 2.4 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.013 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.4053
± 0.0002
d [P25h]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
19.69
[MPC]
19.65 ± 0.03 [P25h]
| |
slope parameter G: |
0.3 [P25h]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
0.38
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index V-R: | 0.39 ± 0.02 [P25h] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
36 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
0.37
km [*E]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.5218
± 0.0003
h [P25h]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.06
[P25h]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.08 [P25h] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
0.10
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.28
± 0.02
[P25h]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.8
± 0.16
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(849935) 2006 RA55
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2006 Sep 14
from
Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA
by
Spacewatch Program.
Permanent number assigned 2025 Oct 20.
Companion discovered
2025 Oct 13
by P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, P. Fatka, H. Kucakova, A. Galad, K. Ergashev, and O. Burkhonov
using
lightcurve
observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory, Chile; Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan.
Announced
2025 Nov 06 [P25h].
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2025, 2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 January 2026.
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