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21662 Benigni

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q2614525

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
21661 Olgagermani[5]
Followed by
21663 Banat[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.0, 14.08[16][17]
Albedo
0.171
Apoapsis
2.976 astronomical unit, 2.976014398494041 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
355.53754 degree, 355.9280212956874 degree
Diameter
4.871 km
Discoverer or inventor
Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
344.53099 degree, 344.3198440221104 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
219.15850 degree, 178.6307080809653 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Roberto Benigni[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.17 (0.17–0.17, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
13.02355 degree, 13.02249298612035 degree[18][19]
Orbital period
4.06 year, 1,481.554033587401 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.1134071 astronomical unit, 2.110762706258095 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1998 FB119, 1999 RC[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5444976 astronomical unit, 2.543388552376068 astronomical unit[24][25]
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 1, 1999[11]
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Time of periapsis
2,460,265.3582053334 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Benigni de (21662) Benigni fa سیارک 21662 fa سیارک ۲۱۶۶۲ ru 1999 RC ru 1998 FB119 ru (21662) 1999 RC uk 21662 Benigni uk 21662 Беніньї zh 小行星21662
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y0z60
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20021662
Minor Planet Center body ID
21662

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Summary

21662 Benigni 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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