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17473 Freddiemercury

main-belt asteroid
Thing asteroid Q4541891

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
17472 Dinah[5]
Followed by
(17474) 1991 GK5[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.3, 14.49[16][17]
Albedo
0.313
Apoapsis
2.763 astronomical unit, 2.760954263036639 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
100.57593 degree, 100.2992667621223 degree
Diameter
3.435 km
Discoverer or inventor
Henri Debehogne[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
0.79790 degree, 0.7421182740029595 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
165.66710 degree, 192.9888073531251 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Freddie Mercury[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1562092, 0.1549462476918311[14][15]
Orbital inclination
0.91057 degree, 0.9077648799295083 degree[18][19]
Orbital period
3.69 year, 1,350.033629783812 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.0161761 astronomical unit, 2.02014142614271 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1982 VC9, 1991 FM3, 1999 JE127[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3894264 astronomical unit, 2.390547844589674 astronomical unit[24][25]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
Show all 26 facts +2
Time of discovery or invention
March 21, 1991[12]
Time of periapsis
2,461,626.8075739546 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (17473) 1991 FM3 en Freddiemercury de (17473) Freddiemercury es 17473 Freddiemercury ru 1982 VC9 ru 1991 FM3 ru 1999 JE127 zh 小行星17473
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0h1c7hf
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20017473
Minor Planet Center body ID
17473

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Summary

17473 Freddiemercury 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] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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