Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(44)
Nysa
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
2 August 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:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.4231907048 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.7721555562 yr (= 1377.7798169 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.1498776973
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.0600084619 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.7863729477 AU
| |
inclination i: |
3.71255278°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
343.9936855°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
131.4770225°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
349.1062102°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Jan 01.6923437
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1864-2025
(8769 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.07617 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.494
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
180
km
(separation)
[B26d]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.8 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.013 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.96
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
6.75
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
0.46 [JPL]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
75.66
± 0.74
km [U11a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.479
± 0.013
[U11a]
| |
color index U-B: |
0.245
[JPL]
| |
color index B-V: |
0.703
[JPL]
| |
taxonomic type: |
Xc (SMASSII) [B02e]
E (Tholen) [T89a]
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2.2
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
13000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
75.66
± 0.74
km [U11a]
| |
dimensions : | 113 x 67 x 65 km [**] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.69, 1.03 [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
6.4214175
± 0.0000005
h [M26d]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
102.7 ± 0.5°
,
55.3 ± 0.5°
[M26d]
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.0 ± 0.5
km [M26d]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.013
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
9
[B26d]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(44) Nysa
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1857 May 27
from
Paris, France
by
H. Goldschmidt.
Alternate designation(s):
1977 CE.
Companion discovered
2026 Feb 15
by A. Berdeu, K. Minker, G. Li Causi, A. Conrad, F. Pedichini, S. Antoniucci, M. Marsset, B. Carry, and F. Vachier,
using
imaging
observations from Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Announced
2026 May 26 [B26d].
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2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
2 August 2026.
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