Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(8895)
Nha
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 July 2025
--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: |
2.24892467419 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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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 July 2025.
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