Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(4605) Nikitin

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 May 2024

--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: 2.2281365088 AU
orbital period P: 3.3259268421 yr
(= 1214.81777224 d)
eccentricity e: 0.154420147
perihelion distance q: 1.884067342 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.57220567602496 AU
inclination i: 2.1421756°
argument of perihelion ω: 99.45152°
ascending node Ω: 284.25704°
mean anomaly M: 352.825727°
perihelion passage TP: 2017 Sep 28.209540
Epoch: 2017 Sep 04
data arc: 1932-2017 (1902 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.888627 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.627


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: ?
orbital period Ps: ?
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.6 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 4.55 ± 0.13 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.456 ± 0.043 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 670 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 4.55 ± 0.13 km [M19a]
rotation period RPp: 2.82726 ± 0.00009 h [P21i]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.08 [P21i]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (4605) Nikitin --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1987 Sep 18 from Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR by L. I. Chernykh. Alternate designation(s): 1987 SV17, 1932 BC, 1937 RT, 1977 ST, 1984 YW5. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1932 Jan 27. Permanent number assigned 1990 Oct 04.

Named 1994 Feb 26 for Afanasij Nikitin (-1472) [MPC023136].

Companion discovered 2017 Oct 12 by V. Benishek and D. Pray using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, South Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA. Announced 2017 Oct 31 [P17k].

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