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(20959) 1936 UG

asteroid
Place asteroid Q147482

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(20958) A900 MA[4]
Followed by
(20960) 1971 UR[5]
Absolute magnitude
13.7, 13.86[15][16]
Albedo
0.242
Apoapsis
3.427, 3.423703767507008
Argument of periapsis
322.56776, 323.6865138207547
Diameter
5.151
Discoverer or inventor
Marguerite Laugier[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
104.9715, 104.774192210539[21][22]
Mean anomaly
96.68214, 343.5847766725155
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.31 (0.31–0.31, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
6.11604, 6.138796922511355[17][18]
Orbital period
4.21, 1537.005553358571[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.7902036, 1.789219538586022
Provisional designation
1936 UG, 1991 YJ, 1999 RM173[8][9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.6083903, 2.606461653046515[23]
Site of astronomical discovery
Nice Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 21, 1936[11]
Time of periapsis
2460870.584137261
🏷️ Also known as
en (20959) 1936 UG ru 1936 UG ru 1991 YJ ru 1999 RM173 sv 1936 UG zh 小行星20959
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/09vkdkr
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20020959
Minor Planet Center body ID
20959
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet20959Provisional1936UG"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Marguerite Laugier
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(20960) 1971 UR
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(20960) 1971 UR
Follows 1
(20958) A900 MA
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(20958) A900 MA
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Nice Observatory
← SNARC ID 1
John Tavener
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Summary

(20959) 1936 UG is an asteroid[1].

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John Tavener

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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