25924 Douglasadams

25924 Douglasadams
Discovery [1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date19 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 arc20.30 yr (7,415 days)
Aphelion2.8155 AU
Perihelion2.0147 AU
2.4151 AU
Eccentricity0.1658
3.75 yr (1,371 days)
51.562°
0° 15m 45.36s / day
Inclination1.7272°
307.27°
313.38°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions2.410±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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