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1246 Chaka

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q137282

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
1245 Calvinia[5]
Followed by
1247 Memoria[6]
Absolute magnitude
10.9 (10.8–10.9, n=3)[15][16][17]
Albedo
0.195
Apoapsis
3.433 astronomical unit, 3.433218744754827 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
54.84733 degree, 54.77874523064286 degree
Diameter
17.634 km
Discoverer or inventor
Cyril V. Jackson[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
290.52155 degree, 290.4845562640093 degree[23][24]
Mean anomaly
128.91360 degree, 326.9491575476159 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Shaka Zulu[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.31 (0.31–0.31, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
16.00357 degree, 15.9957684520024 degree[18][19]
Orbital period
4.24 year, 1,549.690305886083 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8068325 astronomical unit, 1.808346410035547 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1932 OA[9]
Rotation period
25.462 hour[22]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.6198412 astronomical unit, 2.620782577395187 astronomical unit[25]
Significant event
naming[11]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Union Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
July 23, 1932[10]
Time of periapsis
2,461,142.7738059717 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Chaka de (1246) Chaka el 1246 Σάκα fa سیارک ۱۲۴۶ ru (1246) Чака ru (1246) 1932 OA ru 1932 OA ru Чака uk 1246 Чака zh 小行星1246
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y15v2
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20001246
Minor Planet Center body ID
1246

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Summary

1246 Chaka 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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