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2789 Foshan

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q150082

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2788 Andenne[5]
Followed by
2790 Needham[6]
Absolute magnitude
13.6, 13.71[21][22]
Albedo
0.264
Apoapsis
2.593 astronomical unit, 2.592008739998539 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
140.97178 degree, 141.1317552832061 degree
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[16]
Diameter
4.766 km
Discoverer or inventor
Purple Mountain Observatory[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
242.70303 degree, 242.6449848736191 degree
Mean anomaly
191.27156 degree, 301.1586092463597 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Foshan[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.16 (0.16–0.16, n=3)[18][19][20]
Orbital inclination
3.81588 degree, 3.819098825200482 degree[23][24]
Orbital period
3.33 year, 1,214.499004135508 day[25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8638050 astronomical unit, 1.863484814839454 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1949 SV, 1956 XA, 1969 RU, 1979 SD1, 1981 EZ8, A906 UJ[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2283815 astronomical unit, 2.227746777418997 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[17]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Purple Mountain Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
December 6, 1956[15]
Time of periapsis
2,461,199.0078068674 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Foshan de (2789) Foshan el 2789 Φοσάν fa سیارک ۲۷۸۹ ru 1981 EZ8 ru (2789) 1956 XA ru A906 UJ ru 1969 RU ru 1949 SV ru 1956 XA ru 1979 SD1 uk 2789 Фошань zh 小行星2789
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y27r6
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002789
Minor Planet Center body ID
2789

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Summary

2789 Foshan 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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