Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(326732)
Nice
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
8 March 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:
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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2021, 2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
8 March 2025.
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