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1108 Demeter

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q136011

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
1107 Lictoria[5]
Followed by
1109 Tata[6]
Absolute magnitude
11.91, 11.99[17][18]
Albedo
0.0464, 0.031
Apoapsis
3.051 au, 3.053272588473824 au
Argument of periapsis
78.09658°, 78.36280576388233°
Asteroid spectral type
C-type asteroid[12]
Diameter
25.285 km
Discoverer or inventor
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
234.25377°, 234.1701760526379°[25]
Mean anomaly
243.85753°, 148.8220376797834°
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Demeter[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.26 (0.26–0.26, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
24.93008°, 24.91647°, 24.8824694758222°[19][20][21]
Orbital period
3.78 year, 1,383.198375223963 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8028374 au, 1.805807133402613 au
Provisional designation
1929 KA, 1963 MF[9][10]
Rotation period
9.846 h[24]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.4269352 au, 2.429539860938219 au
Significant event
naming[13]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
May 31, 1929[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,428.693331344 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (1108) Demeter en Demeter el 1108 Δήμητηρ fa سیارک ۱۱۰۸ fr (1108) Déméter ru (1108) Деметра ru (1108) 1929 KA ru 1929 KA ru 1963 MF ru Деметра uk 1108 Деметер zh 小行星1108
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/07gv1s
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20001108
Minor Planet Center body ID
1108

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Summary

1108 Demeter is an asteroid[1].

References

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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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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