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(12875) 1998 QA2

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q19625055

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
12874 Poisson[3]
Followed by
12876 Estrada[4]
Absolute magnitude
+14.6, +14.64[13][14]
Albedo
+0.093[33]
Apoapsis
+3.223, +3.217797774089688[24][25]
Argument of periapsis
+196.89620, +198.2007567697298[28][29]
Diameter
+6.005[32]
Discoverer or inventor
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[1]
Epoch
May 5, 2025[34]
Longitude of ascending node
+216.73957, +216.5214303396236[20][21]
Mean anomaly
+101.81645, +323.2583486490951[30][31]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.2, n=3)[10][11][12]
Orbital inclination
+3.09668, +3.091207072592052[15][16]
Orbital period
+4.39, +1604.680278674285[17][18]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+2.1417071, +2.147041571871047[26][27]
Provisional designation
1998 QA2, 1985 RV5[7][8]
Rotation period
+15.48[19]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6821250, +2.682419672980368[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
Haleakalā Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
August 19, 1998[9]
Time of periapsis
+2460964.2738981354[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en (12875) 1998 QA2 sv 12875 1998 QA2 sv 1998 QA2 zh 小行星12875
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0k0k904
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012875
Minor Planet Center body ID
12875
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet12875Provisional1998QA2"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
12876 Estrada
Followed by (predecessor) 1
12876 Estrada
Follows 1
12874 Poisson
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
12874 Poisson
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Haleakalā Observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 2.141707 astronomical unit, 2.147042 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 4.39 year, 1,604.680279 day
    Rotation period → 15.48 hour
    Instance of → asteroid
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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