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10216 Popastro

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1088786

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
10215 Lavilledemirmont[5]
Followed by
10217 Richardcook[6]
Absolute magnitude
+13.4, +13.71[16][17]
Albedo
+0.205
Apoapsis
+3.143, +3.147060732675868
Argument of periapsis
+289.70719, +291.3102121061876
Diameter
+5.85
Discoverer or inventor
Stephen P. Laurie[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+148.85390, +148.5785914871406[22][23]
Mean anomaly
+109.81626, +350.7440172632385
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Society for Popular Astronomy[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.14 (0.14–0.14, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
+5.69522, +5.703744388273803[18][19]
Orbital period
+4.59, +1672.089536198025[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.3775153, +2.366989656188153
Provisional designation
1992 PX1, 1997 SN3[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.7600449, +2.757025194432011
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Church Stretton[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 22, 1997[11]
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Time of periapsis
+2461043.4911996704
🏷️ Also known as
en 10216 Popastro en (10216) Popastro en Popastro de Popastro es Popastro fa سیارک 10216 fa سیارک ۱۰۲۱۶ fr Popastro pt Popastro ru (10216) 1997 SN3 ru 1992 PX1 ru 1997 SN3 ru Popastro uk 10216 Popastro uk 10216 Попастро zh 小行星10216
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y80yr
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20010216
Minor Planet Center body ID
10216

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Stephen P. Laurie
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
10217 Richardcook
Followed by (predecessor) 1
10217 Richardcook
Follows 1
10215 Lavilledemirmont
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
10215 Lavilledemirmont
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Church Stretton
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Summary

10216 Popastro is an asteroid[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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