65803 Didymos (Q2265762)

binary asteroid in the Apollo group

Didymos
(65803) Didymos
1996 GT

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	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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reference URL

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

image

Didymos-Arecibo-radar-images.png
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Wikimedia import URL

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Didymos-Dimorphos true orientation.png
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media legend

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

page(s)

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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reference URL

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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reference URL

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

periapsis

1.0129871 astronomical unit

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reference URL

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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reference URL

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

orbital inclination

3.4141089 degree

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reference URL

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

orbital period

768.90754 day

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reference URL

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

rotation period

2.2593 hour

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reference URL

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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reference URL

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

longitude of ascending node

72.991084 degree

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reference URL

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

mean anomaly

59.090215 degree

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reference URL

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

asteroid spectral type

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

absolute magnitude

18.15

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reference URL

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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reference URL

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

width

0.783±0.047 kilometre

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reference URL

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

height

0.761±0.076 kilometre

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reference URL

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

Didymos symbol (fixed width).svg
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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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stated in

JPL Small-Body Database

Minor Planet Center body ID

65803

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