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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