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(17361) 1978 UF7

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1481824

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(17360) 1978 UX5[4]
Followed by
(17362) 1978 UT7[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.0, 14.15[14][15]
Albedo
0.066
Apoapsis
3.858, 3.857495415175494[24]
Argument of periapsis
93.89538, 93.42832126002085
Diameter
8.375
Discoverer or inventor
C. Michelle Olmstead[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
216.29119, 216.2191664002144[20][21]
Mean anomaly
178.96996, 215.7860255253798
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.24 (0.24–0.24, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
13.72203, 13.74333397301712[16][17]
Orbital period
5.48, 1995.116824110356[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.3571807, 2.345620999152616
Provisional designation
1978 UF7, 1999 JA61[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.1075432, 3.101558207164055[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 27, 1978[10]
Time of periapsis
2461599.732574295
🏷️ Also known as
en (17361) 1978 UF7 ru 1978 UF7 ru 1999 JA61 zh 小行星17361
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121_5nmd
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20017361
Minor Planet Center body ID
17361
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet17361Provisional1978UF7"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
C. Michelle Olmstead
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(17362) 1978 UT7
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(17362) 1978 UT7
Follows 1
(17360) 1978 UX5
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(17360) 1978 UX5
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(17361) 1978 UF7 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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