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1921 Pala

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q145990

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
1920 Sarmiento[4]
Followed by
1922 Zulu[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.5, 14.86[15][16]
Apoapsis
4.582 astronomical unit, 4.580558007592293 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
20.13517 degree, 20.45751555479288 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Tom Gehrels[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
352.06095 degree, 351.8274640117564 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
263.75532 degree, 296.5820440003242 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt, outer asteroid belt[6][7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.38 (0.38–0.39, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
19.262 degree, 19.08698 degree, 19.07166415926933 degree[17][18][19]
Orbital period
6.01 year, 2,199.697924886383 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.0313527 astronomical unit, 2.039671939552809 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1973 SE[9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.3068935 astronomical unit, 3.310114973572551 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 20, 1973[10]
Time of periapsis
2,461,388.000961703 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Pala de (1921) Pala el 1921 Πάλα fa سیارک ۱۹۲۱ it 1973 SE ja パラ ko 1921 팔라 ru (1921) 1973 SE ru (1921) Пала ru Пала uk 1921 Пала zh 小行星1921
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7x20
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20001921
Minor Planet Center body ID
1921

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Summary

1921 Pala is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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