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273 Atropos

main-belt asteroid
Asteroid Q149992

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
272 Antonia[5]
Followed by
274 Philagoria[6]
Absolute magnitude
10.52[15]
Albedo
0.212
Apoapsis
2.781353037974762 au
Argument of periapsis
121.4208727948148°
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[12]
Diameter
29.768 km
Discoverer or inventor
Johann Palisa[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
158.8121896041744°[20]
Mean anomaly
311.5843410575906°
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Atropos[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.161462859901718[14]
Orbital inclination
20.44°, 20.44363267233292°[16][17]
Orbital period
1,353.550964689873 day[18]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.008043393022812 au
Provisional designation
A910 CC, A888 EA[9][10]
Rotation period
23.924 h[19]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.394698215498787 au[21]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Vienna Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
March 8, 1888[11]
Time of periapsis
2,461,182.5362829654 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Atropos en 273 Atropos en (273) Atropos de 273 Atropos el 273 Άτροπος fa سیارک ۲۷۳ fr 273 Atropos fr Atropos ja アトロポス ru (273) Атропа ru (273) Atropos ru A910 CC ru Atropos ru Атропа sv A910 CC uk 273 Атропос vi 1910 CC vi (273) Atropos vi A888 EA vi Atropos
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/058118
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000273
Minor Planet Center body ID
273
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Atropos"]

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Asteroid spectral type 1
S-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Johann Palisa
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
274 Philagoria
Followed by (predecessor) 1
274 Philagoria
Follows 1
272 Antonia
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Atropos
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
272 Antonia
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Vienna Observatory
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Summary

273 Atropos is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Johann Palisa

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] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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