Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3619)
Nash
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 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: |
2.38720725819 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.6884456773 yr (= 1347.20478362 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.23892338622
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.8168476165 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.95756689992 AU
| |
inclination i: |
4.04840715°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
181.88849767°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
161.18190883°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
239.85709699°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2027 Feb 13.6030379
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1960-2025
(3794 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.807651 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.492
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
9.3
km
(separation)
[B26b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.5 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.015 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.98
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.13
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
4.6
km [*D]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.18
[*D]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
610 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
4.1
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | 4.49 x 3.76 km [B26b] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.19, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
2.15
± 0.65
km [B26b]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.52
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.41
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(3619) Nash
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1981 Mar 02
from
Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia
by
S. J. Bus.
Alternate designation(s):
1981 EU35,
1960 SG, 1971 QQ.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1960 Sep 26.
Permanent number assigned 1987 May 13.
Named 1991 Jun 27 for Douglas B. Nash [MPC018453].
Companion discovered
2026 Apr 28
by L. Benedyktowicz, D. Blazewicz, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber
using
stellar occultation
observations from Widoma, Poland; Klaj, Poland.
Announced
2026 May 26 [B26b].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2026.
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