(7335) 1989 JA

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(7335) 1989 JA
File:1989JA Goldstone radar May26.gif
Radar images of 1989 JA and its satellite, imaged by the Goldstone observatory in May 2022
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. F. Helin
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date1 May 1989
Designations
(7335) 1989 JA
1989 JA
Apollo · NEO · PHA[1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc27.98 yr (10,221 days)
Aphelion2.6277 AU
Perihelion0.9136 AU
1.7706 AU
Eccentricity0.4840
2.36 yr (861 days)
341.87°
0° 25m 5.88s / day
Inclination15.196°
61.325°
232.24°
Earth MOID0.0225 AU · 8.8 LD
Physical characteristics
Dimensions0.932±0.153 km[2]
1.18 km (calculated)[3]
1.8 km (outdated)[1]
<12 h[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.31±0.30[3][5]
0.322±0.150[2][6]
S[3]
17.0[1][2][3] · 17.8±0.3[7]

(7335) 1989 JA (provisional designation 1989 JA) is a stony asteroid of the Apollo group, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid, approximately 1 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered on 1 May 1989, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California.[8] On 27 May 2022, the asteroid made a close approach 0.027 astronomical units (4.0×10^6 km; 2.5×10^6 mi) from Earth. During the close approach, optical observations detected signs of an orbiting satellite, which was later confirmed by radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California.[9]

2022 close approach[1]
Date JPL SBDB
nominal geocentric
distance
uncertainty
region
(3-sigma)
2022-05-27 4024703 km ± 153 km

Orbit and classification

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The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.9–2.6 AU once every 2 years and 4 months (861 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.48 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first observation was made at the discovering observatory in April 1989, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 1 month prior to its discovery observation.[8] It has a minimum orbital intersection distance to Earth of 0.0225 AU (3,370,000 km) which corresponds to 8.8 lunar distances.[1]

Physical characteristics

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During its discovery in May 1989, radiometric observations for this asteroid at Arecibo and Goldstone Observatory rendered a rotation period of less than 12 hours (U=n.a.).[4] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 0.93 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.31–0.32,[2][5][6] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 1.18 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 17.0.[3]

Naming

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As of 2022, 1989 JA remains unnamed.[8]

References

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