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1781 Van Biesbroeck

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q143672

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
1780 Kippes[4]
Followed by
1782 Schneller[5]
Absolute magnitude
+12.8, +13.02[17][18]
Albedo
+0.203[37]
Apoapsis
+2.654, +2.652453876213282[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+342.63885, +343.062689126703[32][33]
Diameter
+8.5[36]
Discoverer or inventor
August Kopff[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+44.62559, +44.53782477883251[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+130.54944, +48.34230443560729[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
George Van Biesbroeck[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.11 (0.11–0.11, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+6.94952, +6.944816085397049[19][20]
Orbital period
+3.7, +1354.240137557799[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.1349141, +2.138568126890373[30][31]
Provisional designation
1954 SZ, 1958 VP, 1969 TM2, A906 UB[8][9][10][11]
Rotation period
+6.385[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3942813, +2.395511001551828[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[2]
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Time of discovery or invention
October 17, 1906[12]
Time of periapsis
+2460818.6469749757[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en Van Biesbroeck de (1781) Van Biesbroeck el 1781 Βαν Μπίσμπρεκ ru 1954 SZ ru 1969 TM2 ru A906 UB ru Ван Бисбрук ru 1958 VP ru (1781) A906 UB ru (1781) Ван Бисбрук uk 1781 Ван Бісбрук zh 小行星1781
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
001781-asteroid shape model (1781) Van Biesbroeck.png ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03yhmk6
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20001781
Minor Planet Center body ID
1781

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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
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  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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    Discoverer or inventor → August Kopff
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    Time of discovery or invention → October 17, 1906
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