Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Discovery date | 19 February 2001 |
Designations | |
(25924) Douglasadams | |
Named after | Douglas Adams (English author)[2] |
2001 DA42 · 1999 VX149 | |
main-belt · (inner) Nysa [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 20.30 yr (7,415 days) |
Aphelion | 2.8155 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0147 AU |
2.4151 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1658 |
3.75 yr (1,371 days) | |
51.562° | |
0° 15m 45.36s / day | |
Inclination | 1.7272° |
307.27° | |
313.38° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 2.410±0.528 km[4] |
0.210±0.139[4] | |
15.6[1] | |
25924 Douglasadams (provisional designation 2001 DA42) is a Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 February 2001, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in New Mexico, United States. The asteroid was named for novelist Douglas Adams.[5]
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