1005 Arago
asteroid
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Summary
1005 Arago is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Sergey Belyavsky[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Simeiz Observatory[4]
- Named after: François Arago[5]
- Follows: 1004 Belopolskya[6]
- Followed by: 1006 Lagrangea[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1923 OT[10], A923 RS[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 5, 1923[12]
- Significant event: naming[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.1181188[14], 0.1200348978565892[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 9.9[16], 10.11[17]
- Orbital inclination: 19.06061 degree[18], 19.06295594582708 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 5.63 years[20], 2055.720746398546 day[21]
- Rotation period: 8.7893 hour[22]
- Longitude of ascending node: 349.15846 degree[23], 349.1124937730856 degree[24]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.1652425 astronomical unit[25], 3.164053328009016 astronomical unit[26]
- Apoapsis: 3.539 astronomical unit[27], 3.54385014604938 astronomical unit[28]
- Periapsis: 2.7913678 astronomical unit[29], 2.784256509968653 astronomical unit[30]
- Argument of periapsis: 60.70179 degree[31], 61.09051975180217 degree[32]
- Mean anomaly: 311.37134 degree[33], 10.98495816926648 degree[34]
- Diameter: 61.132 km[35]
- Albedo: 0.0697[36], 0.07[37]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[38]
- Time of periapsis: 2460937.772204425 Julian day[39]
Why It Matters
1005 Arago is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]