Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2020 BD12
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
10 July 2024
--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: |
2.475245322 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.894355328 yr (= 1422.413284 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.487213678
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.26927194 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.6812187 AU
| |
inclination i: |
11.4258574°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
193.421426°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
354.252458°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
359.3025°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2024 Apr 02.755926
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Mar 31
| |
data arc: |
2019-2024
(141 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.275559 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.283
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
0.50
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.4 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.022 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.01
± 0.002
d [P24c]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
20.82
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
0.23
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index V-R: | 0.39 ± 0.03 [P24c] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
22 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
0.23
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
24.25
± 0.05
h [P24c]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.22
[P24c]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.44 ±0.11 [P24c] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
?
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
2020 BD12
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2020 Jan 25
from
Haleakala, Hawaii, USA
by
PanSTARRS 2 program.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2019 Dec 30.
Companion discovered
2024 Mar 13
by Pravec, P., P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, P. Fatka, and H. Kucakova
using
lightcurve
observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory, Chile.
Announced
2024 Jul 09 [P24c].
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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
10 July 2024.
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