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2511 Patterson

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q919508

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2510 Shandong[5]
Followed by
2512 Tavastia[6]
Absolute magnitude
+12.7, +12.76[20][21]
Albedo
+0.287[40]
Apoapsis
+2.538, +2.539822354005037[31][32]
Argument of periapsis
+190.33896, +190.5899113556573[35][36]
Asteroid spectral type
V-type asteroid[15]
Diameter
+7.849[39]
Discoverer or inventor
Carolyn S. Shoemaker[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[41]
Longitude of ascending node
+85.54487, +85.47018714075512[27][28]
Mean anomaly
+284.46782, +356.0538230132858[37][38]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Clair Cameron Patterson[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.11 (0.1–0.11, n=3)[17][18][19]
Orbital inclination
+8.04645, +8.052531833660444[22][23]
Orbital period
+3.49, +1272.783967740299[24][25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.0593689, +2.057103602556617[33][34]
Provisional designation
1934 CK, 1965 AD, 1974 VE2, 1979 BS, 1980 LM[9][10][11][12][13]
Rotation period
+4.144[26]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.2986925, +2.298462978280827[29][30]
Significant event
naming[16]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
June 11, 1980[14]
Time of periapsis
+2461014.451752229
🏷️ Also known as
en 2511 Patterson en Patterson de (2511) Patterson el 2511 Πάτερσον fa سیارک 2511 fa سیارک ۲۵۱۱ it 1974 VE2 it 1934 CK it 1965 AD it 1979 BS it 1980 LM ru (2511) 1980 LM ru (2511) Паттерсон ru Паттерсон uk 2511 Паттерсон zh 小行星2511
🔖 Identifiers · 4
DAMIT asteroid ID
1038
Freebase ID
/m/03y7ycz
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002511
Minor Planet Center body ID
2511

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Summary

2511 Patterson 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → 2.298693 astronomical unit, 2.298463 astronomical unit
    Orbital eccentricity → 0.1, 0.104113, 0.105009
    Followed by → 2512 Tavastia
    Time of discovery or invention → June 11, 1980
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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