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(24620) 1979 MO2

asteroid
Place asteroid Q6423104

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
24619 Danielarsham[5]
Followed by
(24621) 1979 MS4[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.7, 15.97[15][16]
Albedo
0.038
Apoapsis
2.579 astronomical unit, 2.578511520462471 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
66.81859 degree, 66.74226472009684 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Longitude of ascending node
226.22340 degree, 226.1653935244606 degree[21][22]
Mean anomaly
130.39241 degree, 84.16870872536977 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.18 (0.18–0.18, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
4.04512 degree, 4.046045266663278 degree[17][18]
Orbital period
3.22 year, 1,175.641849955563 day[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.7813433 astronomical unit, 1.781434068448626 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1979 MO2, 1998 HF151[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.1803448 astronomical unit, 2.179972794455549 astronomical unit[23][24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
June 25, 1979[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,525.632621016 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (24620) 1979 MO2 ru 1979 MO2 ru 1998 HF151 zh 小行星24620
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gkr8b25_
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20024620
Minor Planet Center body ID
24620
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet24620Provisional1979MO2"]

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Summary

(24620) 1979 MO2 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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