Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(326732) Nice

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 March 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: NEA, Amor


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.7121673806 AU
orbital period P: 4.466660405 yr
(= 1631.4477129 d)
eccentricity e: 0.57030834
perihelion distance q: 1.165395704 AU
aphelion distance Q: 4.2589390575 AU
inclination i: 6.6194432°
argument of perihelion ω: 145.829053°
ascending node Ω: 161.617774°
mean anomaly M: 259.90267009°
perihelion passage TP: 2026 Jan 13.6209999
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 2003-2021 (5867 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.164871 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.097


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 3.5 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.023 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.955 ± 0.002 d [P21g]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 17.63 [MPC]
17.42 ± 0.04 [P21g]
slope parameter G: (0.24) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 1.81 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.058 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: 0.676 [L18a]
color index V-R:0.429 ± 0.01 [P21g]
color index B-R:1.105 ± 0.12 [*D]
color index V-I:0.786 ± 0.054 [L18a]
taxonomic type: L? (SMASSII) [P21g]
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.3 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 150 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 1.76 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.463 ± 0.0008 h [P21g]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.08 [P21g]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.085 ±0.025 [P21g]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.41 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.4;? []
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.23 ± 0.02 [P21g]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.2 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 22.92 ± 0.05 h [P21g]

-- (326732) Nice --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2003 Apr 25 from Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA by LONEOS Program. Alternate designation(s): 2003 HB6 . Linked to prediscovery observations from 2003 Mar 26. Permanent number assigned 2012 May 06.

Named 2025 Feb 24 for the city of Nice, France.

Companion discovered 2021 Aug 10 by P. Pravec, K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova, P. Kusnirak, P. Fatka, E. Jehin, M. Ferrais, M. Devogele, T. Kareta, and N. Moskovitz using lightcurve observations from Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; La Sille Station, European Southern Observatory, Chile. Announced 2021 Sep 18 [P21g].

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