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20828 Linchen

asteroid
Asteroid Q666671

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
(20827) 2000 UY25[4]
Followed by
(20829) 2000 UR27[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.2, 14.34[15][16]
Albedo
0.326
Apoapsis
2.681 au, 2.683134795239227 au
Argument of periapsis
144.31455°, 144.0376324002927°
Diameter
3.691 km
Discoverer or inventor
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
135.42739°, 135.3736996838583°[22][23]
Mean anomaly
120.59341°, 38.93565606849783°
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.12 (0.12–0.12, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
6.64142°, 6.640362392726521°[17][18]
Orbital period
3.71 year, 1,353.885213654418 day[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.1108045 au, 2.107050072968103 au
Provisional designation
1998 BJ48, 2000 UO27[8][9]
Rotation period
390.23 h[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3957252 au, 2.395092434103665 au
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 24, 2000[10]
Time of periapsis
2,460,854.0710860137 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en 20828 Linchen en Linchen de (20828) Linchen fa سیارک ۲۰۸۲۸ ru 2000 UO27 ru 1998 BJ48 ru (20828) 2000 UO27 ru Linchen uk 20828 Ліньчень zh 小行星20828
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y752m
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20020828
Minor Planet Center body ID
20828

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(20829) 2000 UR27
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(20829) 2000 UR27
Follows 1
(20827) 2000 UY25
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(20827) 2000 UY25
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Summary

20828 Linchen 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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