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17472 Dinah

asteroid
Place asteroid Q2619113

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
(17471) 1991 EO2[5]
Followed by
17473 Freddiemercury[6]
Absolute magnitude
+14.0, +14.14[17][18]
Albedo
+0.304[37]
Apoapsis
+2.467, +2.467103280908084[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+341.09859, +342.7806403695085[32][33]
Diameter
+4.19[36]
Discoverer or inventor
Tsuneo Niijima, Takeshi Urata[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+137.70103, +137.6709320230247[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+4.13020, +304.9229820630979[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Dinah[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.06 (0.06–0.06, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+8.35886, +8.361987401380402[19][20]
Orbital period
+3.57, +1303.899422148814[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.2053674, +2.204440675555061[30][31]
Provisional designation
1987 BB3, 1991 FY, 1998 DR20[9][10][11]
Rotation period
+15.1739[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3360087, +2.335771978231572[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Ojima[3]
Time of discovery or invention
March 17, 1991[12]
Time of periapsis
+2461199.985810727[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en 17472 Dinah en Dinah de (17472) Dinah fa سیارک 17472 fa سیارک ۱۷۴۷۲ ru 1987 BB3 ru (17472) 1991 FY ru 1991 FY ru 1998 DR20 ru Dinah uk 17472 Dinah uk 17472 Дінах zh 小行星17472
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dinah and kittens.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03y1fsx
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20017472
Minor Planet Center body ID
17472

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Takeshi Urata, Tsuneo Niijima
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
(17471) 1991 EO2
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(17471) 1991 EO2
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.70103'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.6709320230247'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.467'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.467103280908084'}
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.13020'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+304.9229820630979'}
    Follows → —
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Dinah and kittens.JPG, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
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