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(17359) 1978 UP4

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1481823

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
17358 Lozino-Lozinskij[4]
Followed by
(17360) 1978 UX5[5]
Absolute magnitude
13.9, 14.13[15][16]
Albedo
0.078
Apoapsis
3.216, 3.213361728511669
Argument of periapsis
229.35746, 228.6249301161207
Diameter
8.249
Discoverer or inventor
C. Michelle Olmstead[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
235.47463, 235.4184878275712[21][22]
Mean anomaly
292.48476, 54.4467971814196
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.18 (0.18–0.18, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
6.45908, 6.462656510246128[17][18]
Orbital period
4.51, 1646.135776153401[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.239228, 2.243481540971064
Provisional designation
1976 JN8, 1978 UP4, 2000 QM172[8][9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.7278604, 2.728421634741367[23][24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 27, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2460551.536609063
🏷️ Also known as
en (17359) 1978 UP4 ru 1976 JN8 ru 1978 UP4 ru 2000 QM172 zh 小行星17359
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121j1z09
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20017359
Minor Planet Center body ID
17359
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet17359Provisional1978UP4"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
C. Michelle Olmstead
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(17360) 1978 UX5
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(17360) 1978 UX5
Follows 1
17358 Lozino-Lozinskij
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
17358 Lozino-Lozinskij
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(17359) 1978 UP4 is an asteroid[1].

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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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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