Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(25021)
Nischaykumar
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
9 October 2021
--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:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.3183904228 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.530108577 yr (= 1289.3721577 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.100530669
|
perihelion distance q: |
2.085321083 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.5514597627 AU
|
inclination i: |
3.784506°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
108.475001°
|
ascending node Ω: |
188.553275°
|
mean anomaly M: |
198.020834°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2023 Feb 01.142853
|
Epoch: |
2021 Jul 01
|
data arc: |
1977-2021
(905 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
1.0729 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.57
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
4.4
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.8 [P19a] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.013 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.97898
± 0.00002
d [P19a]
|
eccentricity es: |
0.00
[P19a]
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
1.09
[P19a]
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
15.73
[MPC]
15.94 ± 0.03 [P19a]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
2.1
± 0.6
km [P19a]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.16
± 0.08
[P19a]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
color index V-R: | 0.507 ± 0.013 [P19a] |
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
330 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
2
± 0.6
km [P19a]
|
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.05, ? [P19a] |
rotation period RPp: |
2.5344
± 0.0012
h [P19a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.07
± 0.04
[P19a]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
284 ± 21°
,
-86 ± 21°
[P19a]
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
0.56
km [*D]
|
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.46;? [P19a] |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.28
± 0.03
[P19a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.76
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
23.5
h [P19a]
|
|
|
--
(25021) Nischaykumar
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1998 Aug 17
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Alternate designation(s):
1998 QV17,
1977 RH14, 1997 GO26.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1977 Aug 09.
Permanent number assigned 2001 Jun 06.
Named 2008 Sep 17 for Nischay Kumar (1990-) [MPC063875].
Companion discovered
2019
by P. Pravec, et al.
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2019 May [P19a].
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2019, 2021
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
9 October 2021.
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