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2731 Cucula

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q149991

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2730 Barks[4]
Followed by
2732 Witt[5]
Absolute magnitude
+10.8, +10.96[20][21]
Albedo
+0.046[40]
Apoapsis
+3.794, +3.807413365281625[31][32]
Argument of periapsis
+133.06535, +136.1473820387486[35][36]
Diameter
+44.841[39]
Discoverer or inventor
Paul Wild[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[41]
Longitude of ascending node
+150.67256, +149.7163585029011[27][28]
Mean anomaly
+143.43136, +195.6456291301165[37][38]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Cuculidae[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.19 (0.19–0.19, n=3)[17][18][19]
Orbital inclination
+13.34634, +13.41731988412497[22][23]
Orbital period
+5.7, +2086.01341283058[24][25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.5870366, +2.582708031732805[33][34]
Provisional designation
1937 GO, 1964 CK, 1966 SA, 1978 TM8, 1981 AR, 1981 FO, 1982 KJ[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Rotation period
+61.55[26]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+3.1904825, +3.195060698507215[29][30]
Significant event
naming[16]
Site of astronomical discovery
Zimmerwald Observatory[2]
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Time of discovery or invention
May 21, 1982[15]
Time of periapsis
+2461952.8483947[42]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cucula de (2731) Cucula el 2731 Κούκουλα fa سیارک ۲۷۳۱ ru 1978 TM8 ru 1981 FO ru 1982 KJ ru (2731) 1982 KJ ru (2731) Кукула ru Кукула ru 1981 AR ru 1937 GO ru 1964 CK ru 1966 SA uk 2731 Кукула zh 小行星2731
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y19zf
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002731
Minor Planet Center body ID
2731

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  1. 5d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minor Planet Center body ID → 2731
    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.19'}, {'amount': '+0.1891394'}, {'amount': '+0.1916560355365116'}
    Freebase ID → /m/03y19zf
    Followed by → 2732 Witt
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