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(24617) 1978 WU

asteroid
Place asteroid Q6423091

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(24616) 1978 VC9[5]
Followed by
(24618) 1978 XD1[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.5, 14.7[15][16]
Albedo
0.231
Apoapsis
3.061, 3.062228450631276
Argument of periapsis
107.66118, 107.4955228194944
Diameter
3.117
Discoverer or inventor
Schelte J. Bus, Charles T. Kowal[2][3]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
239.92462, 239.8750151294776[21][22]
Mean anomaly
39.15986, 213.5552302238545
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.2, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
8.6217, 8.62745025088393[17][18]
Orbital period
4.06, 1482.118349956819[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.0289647, 2.025840257092613
Provisional designation
1978 WU, 1982 XJ2[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5452206, 2.544034353861945[23][24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 29, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2461403.4124459457
🏷️ Also known as
en (24617) 1978 WU ru 1978 WU ru 1982 XJ2 zh 小行星24617
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11cnch88dc
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20024617
Minor Planet Center body ID
24617
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet24617Provisional1978WU"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Schelte J. Bus, Charles T. Kowal
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(24618) 1978 XD1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(24618) 1978 XD1
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(24617) 1978 WU is an asteroid[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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