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2008 TC3

small asteroid which entered Earth's atmosphere in October 2008
Place Earth Crossing Asteroid Q211655

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
Earth-crossing asteroid (?–2008), former entity, asteroid, near-Earth object, near-Earth asteroid[3][4][5][6]

Location

Coordinate location
🗺️ 20.800°, 32.200°[12]
More facts +22
Absolute magnitude
30.72[15]
Apoapsis
1.716453275025723 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
234.44 degree, 234.44892519 degree
Coordinates
🗺️ 20.800°, 32.200°
Discoverer or inventor
Catalina Sky Survey[2]
Epoch
October 7, 2008
Jpl small body database spk id
3430291
Longitude of ascending node
194.10 degree, 194.1011435928938 degree[20][21]
Mean anomaly
330.75 degree, 330.7542989815072 degree
Minor planet group
Apollo asteroid[8]
Orbital eccentricity
0.312065, 0.3120674404369712[13][14]
Orbital inclination
2.54 degree, 2.542215283712214 degree[16][17]
Orbital period
546.5276864845741 day[18]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
0.8999568608039946 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
2008 TC3[10]
Rotation period
0.0269409 hour[19]
Semi major axis of an orbit
1.308205067914859
Semi-major axis of an orbit
1.308205067914859 astronomical unit[22]
Site of astronomical discovery
Mount Lemmon Survey[7]
Time of discovery or invention
October 6, 2008[11]
Time of periapsis
2,454,790.8988481034 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en 2008 TC 3 en 2008 TC(3) en 2008 TC3 en 8TA9D69 cs 2008 TC₃ cs 2008 TC3 de 2008 TC3
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
2008 TC3 Tumbling (reduced).gif ↗
Freebase ID
/m/04mx15b
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
3430291
Minor Planet Center body ID
2008 TC3

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Instance of 4
asteroid, near-Earth object, near-Earth asteroid, former entity
Discoverer or inventor 1
Catalina Sky Survey
Epoch 1
October 7, 2008
Minor planet group 1
Apollo asteroid
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Mount Lemmon Survey
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Summary

2008 TC3 is an Earth-crossing asteroid[1].

Related Entities

former entity

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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