Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(20936) Nemrut Dagi

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 September 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid, Hungaria


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.85447473214 AU
orbital period P: 2.5254546993 yr
(= 922.42232892 d)
eccentricity e: 0.10107587251
perihelion distance q: 1.6670320805 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.04191738373 AU
inclination i: 18.600737186°
argument of perihelion ω: 324.31841998°
ascending node Ω: 26.62402762°
mean anomaly M: 278.61470202°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 May 13.5322669
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 1971-2024 (4105 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.685347 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.932


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 5.6 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.013 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.64008 ± 0.00004 d [W24c]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.01 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.57 ± 0.19 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.46 ± 0.078 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:0.412 ± 0.067 [S10b]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 450 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.44 ± 0.18 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 3.4204 ± 0.0002 h [W24c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.09 ± 0.01 [W24c]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.15 ±0.02 [W24c]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.96 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.28 [W24c]
component mag. difference ΔM: >2.76 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (20936) Nemrut Dagi --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1971 May 13 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, and T. Gehrels. Alternate designation(s): 4835 T-1, 1953 CP, 1992 SR. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1953 Feb. Permanent number assigned 2001 Jan 09.

Named 2012 Apr 06 for the volcano Nemrut Dagi in Turkey [MPC079103].

Companion discovered 2024 May 02 by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Palmer Divide Observatory, Monument, Colorado, USA. Announced 2024 Sep 23 [W24c].

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