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(68473) 2001 SC289

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Summary

(68473) 2001 SC289 is an asteroid[1]. (68473) 2001 SC289 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Roy A. Tucker[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Goodricke-Pigott Observatory[4]
  • Follows: (68472) 2001 SL282[5]
  • Followed by: (68474) 2001 SL328[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2001 SC289[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: September 23, 2001[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.1914740366385289[11]
  • Absolute magnitude: 14.72[12]
  • Orbital inclination: 6.741824733686959 degree[13]
  • Orbital period: 1977.031099573667 day[14]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 102.3297250118913 degree[15]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.082786033531587 astronomical unit[16]
  • Apoapsis: 3.67305951946476 astronomical unit[17]
  • Periapsis: 2.492512547598415 astronomical unit[18]
  • Argument of periapsis: 267.6676719475347 degree[19]
  • Mean anomaly: 169.4422479848805 degree[20]
  • Diameter: 5.629 km[21]
  • Albedo: 0.073[22]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[23]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460069.9650170896 Julian day[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Site of astronomical discovery → Goodricke-Pigott Observatory
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20068473
    Diameter → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5.629'}
    Followed by → (68474) 2001 SL328
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Orbital eccentricity: 0.1916178411640604±0.0000000028711"
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