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(39873) 1998 DC34

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q7475319

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(39872) 1998 DW33[4]
Followed by
(39874) 1998 DC35[5]
Absolute magnitude
15.6, 15.73[14][15]
Albedo
0.039
Apoapsis
2.681 astronomical unit, 2.682744743867672 astronomical unit[24]
Argument of periapsis
242.46700 degree, 242.0211357072512 degree
Diameter
4.426 km
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
5.46150 degree, 5.42211618123069 degree[20][21]
Mean anomaly
205.47671 degree, 129.9560106195813 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.13 (0.13–0.13, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
2.57003 degree, 2.570412087664006 degree[16][17]
Orbital period
3.67 year, 1,341.018555236736 day[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.0810472 astronomical unit, 2.077042810913781 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1998 DC34, 1999 RP15[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3811314 astronomical unit, 2.379893777390726 astronomical unit[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
February 27, 1998[10]
Time of periapsis
2,460,516.407162207 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (39873) 1998 DC34 ru 1998 DC34 ru 1999 RP15 zh 小行星39873
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gk_2y_sh
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20039873
Minor Planet Center body ID
39873
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet39873Provisional1998DC34"]

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Summary

(39873) 1998 DC34 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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