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(22252) 1978 SG

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q5331461

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
22251 Eden[4]
Followed by
22253 Sivers[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.9, 15.18[16][17]
Albedo
0.411
Apoapsis
2.799 astronomical unit, 2.7999447522754 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
308.82405 degree, 308.8333398200065 degree
Diameter
2.273 km
Discoverer or inventor
Richard Martin West[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
345.83783 degree, 345.7394136584465 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
250.99371 degree, 285.8318950300951 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.24 (0.24–0.24, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
7.51059 degree, 7.506318082158183 degree[18][19]
Orbital period
3.39 year, 1,239.520633063502 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.7183868 astronomical unit, 1.716536564512488 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 SG, 1985 TF2, 1998 FB126, 1999 XZ184[8][9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2585697 astronomical unit, 2.258240658393944 astronomical unit[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 27, 1978[12]
Time of periapsis
2,461,055.8691567373 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (22252) 1978 SG ru 1978 SG ru 1985 TF2 ru 1998 FB126 ru 1999 XZ184 zh 小行星22252
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11g236463t
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20022252
Minor Planet Center body ID
22252
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet22252Provisional1978SG"]

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Summary

(22252) 1978 SG is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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