Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(33956) 2000 NN3

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 June 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.63558662488 AU
orbital period P: 4.2788212565 yr
(= 1562.83946392 d)
eccentricity e: 0.20126530561
perihelion distance q: 2.1051344774 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.16603877241 AU
inclination i: 13.928480171°
argument of perihelion ω: 238.96280207°
ascending node Ω: 122.92926664°
mean anomaly M: 240.03220469°
perihelion passage TP: 2026 Oct 07.8066803
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 1998-2025 (5119 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.13619 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.328


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 14.3 km (separation) [S25a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.2 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.013 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.92 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.36 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 6.75 ± 0.48 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.24 ± 0.034 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:-0.252 [S10b]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1100 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 6.75 ± 0.48 km [M19a]
dimensions :~7.3 x ~6.2 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.2, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.22109 h [W23f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.18 [W23f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 2.8 km [S25a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.41 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.91 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (33956) 2000 NN3 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Jul 03 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Alternate designation(s): 1999 GU32. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1998 Jan 07. Permanent number assigned 2002 Jan 28.

Companion discovered 2025 May 02 by T. Swift, D. Herald, and D. Gault using stellar occultation observations from Dunnigan, California, USA. Announced 2025 Jun 06 [S25a].

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