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(14798) 1978 UW4

asteroid
Place asteroid Q19625997

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(14797) 1977 XZ2[4]
Followed by
14799 Mitchschulte[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.1, 14.27[14][15]
Albedo
0.229
Apoapsis
2.419, 2.41579293808176[24]
Argument of periapsis
292.15126, 291.1765657865514
Discoverer or inventor
C. Michelle Olmstead[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
230.34291, 230.2945698467842[20][21]
Mean anomaly
91.42755, 355.1568776199647
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.05 (0.05–0.05, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
5.83286, 5.832517184705906[16][17]
Orbital period
3.48, 1271.558411218194[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.1770705, 2.178181641947724
Provisional designation
1999 XF23, 1978 UW4[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2979452, 2.296987290014742[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 27, 1978[10]
Time of periapsis
2460817.606424997
🏷️ Also known as
en (14798) 1978 UW4 sv 14798 1978 UW4 sv 1978 UW4 zh 小行星14798
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f7r5yk16
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20014798
Minor Planet Center body ID
14798
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet14798Provisional1978UW4"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
C. Michelle Olmstead
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
14799 Mitchschulte
Followed by (predecessor) 1
14799 Mitchschulte
Follows 1
(14797) 1977 XZ2
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(14797) 1977 XZ2
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(14798) 1978 UW4 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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