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2202 Pele

asteroid
Place asteroid Q124413

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid, near-Earth object[3]
Follows
2201 Oljato[6]
Followed by
2203 van Rhijn[7]
Absolute magnitude
17 (17–17.2, n=3)[17][18][19]
Apoapsis
3.464, 3.465305172532877
Argument of periapsis
217.927, 217.974074165602
Discoverer or inventor
Arnold Richard Klemola[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
169.97852, 169.8970371065901
Mean anomaly
147.29581, 109.5887366698024
Minor planet group
Amor asteroid, asteroid belt[8][9]
Named after
Pele[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.51 (0.51–0.51, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
8.74 (8.74–8.74, n=3)[20][21][22]
Orbital period
3.46, 1266.223266996871
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
1.1148513, 1.115810284881253
Provisional designation
1972 RA[11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2894521, 2.290557728707065
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Lick Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
September 7, 1972[12]
Time of periapsis
2460615.0449773
🏷️ Also known as
en 2202 Pele en (2202) Pele en Pele de 1972 RA el 2202 Πελέ fa سيارك 2202 fa سيارك ۲۲۰۲ fa سیارک 2202 fa سیارک ۲۲۰۲ fr (2202) Pele fr (2202) Pélé ja ペレ pt Pele ru 1972 RA ru (2202) 1972 RA ru (2202) Pele ru (2202) Пеле ru Pele ru Пеле uk 2202 Pele
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0d6ym5
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002202
Minor Planet Center body ID
2202

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Instance of 2
asteroid, near-Earth object
Minor planet group 2
asteroid belt, Amor asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Arnold Richard Klemola
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
2201 Oljato
Named after 1
Pele
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
2201 Oljato
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Lick Observatory
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Summary

2202 Pele is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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