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Line 66: == Physical characteristics == [[Photometry (astronomy)\|Photometric]] measurements of optical observations from 2020–2021 show that {{mp\|2020 XL\|5}} exhibits a [[Asteroid color indices\|color]] resembling ~~those~~that of carbonaceous [[C-type asteroid]]s. Assuming that {{mp\|2020 XL\|5}}'s [[Phase curve (astronomy)\|phase curve]] behaves similarly to those of C-type asteroids, the [[absolute magnitude]] (H) of the asteroid is 18.6, which corresponds to a mean diameter about {{cvt\|1.18\|km\|mi}} for a typical C-type asteroid's [[geometric albedo]] of 0.06.<ref name="Santana-Ros2022"/> This makes {{mp\|2020 XL\|5}} the largest Earth trojan asteroid known to date, being up to three times as large as the {{cvt\|0.3\|km\|mi}}-sized {{mp\|2010 TK\|7}}.<ref name="Santana-Ros2022"/> Because {{mp\|2020 XL\|5}} is only visible at low [[Horizontal coordinate system\|altitudes]] in the sky during [[twilight]], [[Astronomical seeing\|atmospheric distortions]] and scattered light from the Sun hinder accurate photometry of the asteroid's [[light curve]], thus information about its rotation could not be determined.<ref name="Santana-Ros2022"/>

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