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23989 Farpoint

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q148898

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
23988 Maungakiekie[6]
Followed by
23990 Springsteen[7]
Absolute magnitude
14.8, 14.99[17][18]
Albedo
0.206
Apoapsis
3.118 astronomical unit, 3.116443974114877 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
207.43581 degree, 207.9607337209022 degree
Diameter
3.519 km
Discoverer or inventor
Gary Hug, Graham E. Bell[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
174.20869 degree, 174.0406826087124 degree
Mean anomaly
115.96691 degree, 47.38543152645328 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Farpoint Observatory[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.19 (0.19–0.19, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
14.62114 degree, 14.61646078067253 degree[19][20]
Orbital period
4.23 year, 1,546.721114056271 day[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
2.1124744 astronomical unit, 2.118423848338216 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1997 GG4, 1999 RF[10][11]
Rotation period
15.244 hour[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.6153005 astronomical unit, 2.617433911226547 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[13]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Farpoint Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
September 3, 1999[12]
Time of periapsis
2,460,796.9109793315 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Farpoint de (23989) Farpoint fa سیارک ۲۳۹۸۹ ru (23989) Фарпойнт ru Фарпойнт ru (23989) 1999 RF ru 1997 GG4 ru 1999 RF uk 23989 Фарпойнт zh 小行星23989
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y214b
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20023989
Minor Planet Center body ID
23989

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Summary

23989 Farpoint is an asteroid[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Gary Hug[2], an astronomer[24], b. 1950[25], of United States[26], specialised in astronomy[27] and Graham E. Bell[3], an astronomer[28], b. 2000[29], of United States[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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