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65803 Didymos

binary asteroid in the Apollo group

Didymos
(65803) Didymos
1996 GT

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instance of

binary asteroid

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potentially hazardous asteroid

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http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-65803.html

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Image of Didymos and its moon Dimorphos by the DART impactor spacecraft (English)

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named after

twin

language of work or name

Greek

named by

Joseph L. Montani

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Minor Planet Center body ID

65803

JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID

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11 April 1996

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reference URL

https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2004/MPC_20040713.pdf

52326

10 September 2003

65803

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reference URL

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-65803.html

13 July 2004

Didymos

International Astronomical Union

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reference URL

https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2004/MPC_20040713.pdf

page(s)

52326

catalog code

65803

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reference URL

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-65803.html

reference URL

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803&view=OSP

discoverer or inventor

Spacewatch

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reference URL

https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2004/MPC_20040713.pdf

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52326

Joseph L. Montani

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reference URL

https://www.as.arizona.edu/uarizona-spacewatch-discovered-larger-twin-asteroids-targeted-nasas-upcoming-dart-mission

time of discovery or invention

11 April 1996

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reference URL

https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2004/MPC_20040713.pdf

page(s)

52326

site of astronomical discovery

Kitt Peak National Observatory

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reference URL

https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2004/MPC_20040713.pdf

52326

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

Amor asteroid

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reference URL

https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2004/MPC_20040713.pdf

page(s)

52326

child astronomical body

Dimorphos

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803&view=OSP

parent astronomical body

Sun

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apoapsis

2.2721017 astronomical unit

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

periapsis

1.0129871 astronomical unit

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

argument of periapsis

319.56158 degree

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reference URL

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

orbital eccentricity

0.3832817

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

orbital inclination

3.4141089 degree

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

orbital period

768.90754 day

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

rotation period

2.2593 hour

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

semi-major axis of an orbit

1.6425444 astronomical unit

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

longitude of ascending node

72.991084 degree

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

mean anomaly

59.090215 degree

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

asteroid spectral type

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absolute magnitude

18.15

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

0.16±0.04

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

density

2.17±0.35 gram per cubic centimetre

applies to part

binary system

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reference URL

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-65803.html

length

0.797±0.048 kilometre

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

width

0.783±0.047 kilometre

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

height

0.761±0.076 kilometre

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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

diameter

0.78±0.03 kilometre

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reference URL

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-65803.html

astronomic symbol image

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epoch

JD 2460000.5 (2023-Feb-25.0) TDB

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reference URL

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2065803

provisional designation

1996 GT

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Commons category

65803 Didymos

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topic's main category

Category:65803 Didymos

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Identifiers

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28 October 2013

JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID

2065803

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JPL Small-Body Database

Minor Planet Center body ID

65803

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