2020 XL5
2020 XL5 is a sub-kilometer near-Earth asteroid and suspected Earth trojan discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii on 12 December 2020. In a corotating reference frame with Earth, 2020 XL5's path oscillates about the Sun–Earth L4 Lagrangian point (leading 60°), one of the dynamically stable locations where the combined gravitational force acts through the Sun's and Earth's barycenter. Analysis of 2020 XL5's trojan orbit stability suggests it will remain around Earth's L4 point for several thousand years until gravitational peturbations by Venus destabilize its trojan configuration. It is considered the second Earth trojan discovered, after 2010 TK7 in 2010.
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2020 XL5
2020 XL5 is a sub-kilometer near-Earth asteroid and suspected Earth trojan discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii on 12 December 2020. In a corotating reference frame with Earth, 2020 XL5's path oscillates about the Sun–Earth L4 Lagrangian point (leading 60°), one of the dynamically stable locations where the combined gravitational force acts through the Sun's and Earth's barycenter. Analysis of 2020 XL5's trojan orbit stability suggests it will remain around Earth's L4 point for several thousand years until gravitational peturbations by Venus destabilize its trojan configuration. It is considered the second Earth trojan discovered, after 2010 TK7 in 2010.
apoapsis (km)
2.077914424023E8
orbital period (μ)
periapsis (km)
9.174837410031E7
absolute magnitude
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apoapsis (μ)
2.077914424023e+11
apparent magnitude
discovery date
2020-12-12
discoverer
epoch
31 May 2020 (JD2459000.5)
former name
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P11aRcq 
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orbital period (s)
6.3160992e+7
periapsis (μ)
9.174837410031e+10
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P11aRcq 
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aphelion
arg peri
1.53608e+2
asc node
background
#FFC2E0
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discovered
2020-12-12
discoverer
discovery ref
 
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discovery site
earliest precovery date
2020-11-26
eccentricity
epoch
2020-05-31
inclination
magnitude
mean anomaly
mean motion
/ day
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minorplanet
yes
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mp category
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Apollo 
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Earth trojanNEO
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observation arc
3715200.0
orbit ref
 
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perihelion
period
3.15576E7
semimajor
time periastron
uncertainty
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2020 XL5
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