Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(3619) Nash

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 May 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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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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