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(17360) 1978 UX5

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1481821

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(17359) 1978 UP4[4]
Followed by
(17361) 1978 UF7[5]
Absolute magnitude
16.0, 16.14[14][15]
Albedo
0.078
Apoapsis
2.325, 2.32493032223523[24]
Argument of periapsis
145.74387, 145.6151761104306
Discoverer or inventor
C. Michelle Olmstead[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
223.78176, 223.7443790182932[20][21]
Mean anomaly
271.24885, 232.3105061793605
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.07 (0.07–0.07, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
4.46578, 4.467596340866645[16][17]
Orbital period
3.19, 1163.241565396415[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.005291, 2.004302933196476
Provisional designation
1978 UX5, 1997 UG4[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.1649749, 2.164616627715853[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 27, 1978[10]
Time of periapsis
2461213.0936852125
🏷️ Also known as
en (17360) 1978 UX5 ru 1978 UX5 ru 1997 UG4 zh 小行星17360
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120n2knx
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20017360
Minor Planet Center body ID
17360
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet17360Provisional1978UX5"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
C. Michelle Olmstead
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(17361) 1978 UF7
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(17361) 1978 UF7
Follows 1
(17359) 1978 UP4
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(17359) 1978 UP4
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(17360) 1978 UX5 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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