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(10212) 1997 RA7

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1480038

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
10211 La Spezia[4]
Followed by
10213 Koukolík[5]
Absolute magnitude
13.9, 14.08[15][16]
Albedo
0.309
Apoapsis
2.367, 2.36822380358298
Argument of periapsis
21.45108, 21.77240693567444
Discoverer or inventor
Stephen P. Laurie[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
243.07816, 243.0113599240404[22][23]
Mean anomaly
227.3966, 309.8437633079567
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.09 (0.09–0.09, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
2.40315, 2.405852174018261[17][18]
Orbital period
3.19, 1165.791742122383[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.9686159, 1.967334466471253
Provisional designation
1977 EM6, 1978 RG5, 1997 RA7[8][9][10]
Rotation period
9.154[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.16775, 2.167779135027116[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Church Stretton[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 3, 1997[11]
Time of periapsis
2460962.921462643
🏷️ Also known as
en (10212) 1997 RA7 ru 1977 EM6 ru 1978 RG5 ru 1997 RA7 zh 小行星10212
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12151grb
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20010212
Minor Planet Center body ID
10212
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet10212Provisional1997RA7"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Stephen P. Laurie
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
10213 Koukolík
Followed by (predecessor) 1
10213 Koukolík
Follows 1
10211 La Spezia
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
10211 La Spezia
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Church Stretton
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Summary

(10212) 1997 RA7 is an asteroid[1].

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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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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