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2053 Nuki

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q854529

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2052 Tamriko[4]
Followed by
2054 Gawain[5]
Absolute magnitude
+11.8, +11.94[17][18]
Albedo
+0.251[37]
Apoapsis
+3.204, +3.198513451520684[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+237.93508, +237.4930051780073[32][33]
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[12]
Diameter
+11.064[36]
Discoverer or inventor
Richard Martin West[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+193.18045, +193.0896761402209[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+47.22180, +192.0327478627001[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.14 (0.14–0.14, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+8.50544, +8.512510629273864[19][20]
Orbital period
+4.69, +1714.430844067092[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.3973138, +2.408234400836564[30][31]
Provisional designation
1928 RW, 1961 TW, 1976 UO[8][9][10]
Rotation period
+11.604[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.8007947, +2.803373926178624[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
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Time of discovery or invention
October 24, 1976[11]
Time of periapsis
+2461800.411771826[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nuki de (2053) Nuki el 2053 Νούκι fa سیارک 2053 fa سیارک ۲۰۵۳ ru 1961 TW ru 1928 RW ru 1976 UO ru (2053) 1976 UO uk 2053 Nuki uk 2053 Нукі zh 小行星2053
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7q7w
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002053
Minor Planet Center body ID
2053

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Summary

2053 Nuki 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Asteroid spectral type → S-type asteroid
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.604'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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