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1187 Afra

main belt asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q136862

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
1186 Turnera[4]
Followed by
1188 Gothlandia[5]
Absolute magnitude
+11.5, +11.62[15][16]
Albedo
+0.0527, +0.051[35][36]
Apoapsis
+3.228, +3.228659761363147[26][27]
Argument of periapsis
+74.81958, +74.76501672168258[30][31]
Asteroid spectral type
X-type asteroid[10]
Diameter
+32.348[34]
Discoverer or inventor
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[37]
Longitude of ascending node
+327.19791, +327.1091908208523[22][23]
Mean anomaly
+228.33140, +152.0132695170532[32][33]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.22 (0.22–0.22, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+10.69369, +10.69725319884086[17][18]
Orbital period
+4.29, +1565.704395643413[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.0542927, +2.048953450888051[28][29]
Provisional designation
1929 XC[8]
Rotation period
+14.0701[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6409875, +2.638806606125599[24][25]
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[3]
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Time of discovery or invention
December 6, 1929[9]
Time of periapsis
+2460339.367099225[38]
🏷️ Also known as
en Afra de (1187) Afra el 1187 Άφρα fa سیارک ۱۱۸۷ ru (1187) Афра ru (1187) 1929 XC ru 1929 XC ru Афра uk 1187 Афра zh 小行星1187
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
001187-asteroid shape model (1187) Afra.png ↗
DAMIT asteroid ID
758
Freebase ID
/m/03y0nl_
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20001187
Minor Planet Center body ID
1187

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Summary

1187 Afra 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mean anomaly → 228.3314 degree, 152.01327 degree
    Instance of → asteroid
    Site of astronomical discovery → Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
    JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID → 20001187
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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