Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(8895) Nha

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 July 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.24892467419 AU
orbital period P: 3.37264450258 yr
(= 1231.85840457 d)
eccentricity e: 0.17473520562
perihelion distance q: 1.8559583588 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.64189098956 AU
inclination i: 3.956717435°
argument of perihelion ω: 135.32153322°
ascending node Ω: 158.65458436°
mean anomaly M: 321.25676161°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 Sep 14.5727329
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 1971-2025 (4387 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.842629 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.605


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 6.9 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.6342 ± 0.0004 d [B25j]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.9 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 4.40 ± 0.42 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.332 ± 0.074 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:0.51 ± 0.081 [S10b]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 620 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 4.24 ± 0.40 km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.7629 ± 0.0001 h [B25j]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.1 [B25j]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.08 [B25j]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.19 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.28 [B25j]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.8 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (8895) Nha --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1995 Aug 21 from Sapporo Science Center, Sapporo, Japan by K. Watanabe. Alternate designation(s): 1995 QN, 1971 LG. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1971 Jun 14. Permanent number assigned 1998 Jun 10.

Named 1999 Apr 02 for Nha Il-Seong (1932-) [MPC034349].

Companion discovered 2025 Jun 01 by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, P. Fatka, J. Oey, K. Ergashev, and O. Burkhonov using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Blue Mountains Observatory, Leura, New South Wales, Australia; Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan. Announced 2026 Jul 18 [B25j].

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