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2790 Needham

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q150089

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2789 Foshan[5]
Followed by
2791 Paradise[6]
Absolute magnitude
+12.5, +12.57[17][18]
Albedo
+0.339[36]
Apoapsis
+3.131, +3.127014515131976[27][28]
Argument of periapsis
+359.01484, +359.490260182015[31][32]
Diameter
+7.914[35]
Discoverer or inventor
Purple Mountain Observatory[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[37]
Longitude of ascending node
+50.79730, +50.64703142737072[23][24]
Mean anomaly
+132.43130, +319.2047781738895[33][34]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Joseph Needham[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.18 (0.18–0.18, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+14.63898, +14.61824470560697[19][20]
Orbital period
+4.32, +1578.581006864585[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.1716148, +2.179495153448582[29][30]
Provisional designation
1965 UU1, 1978 UR2, 1980 DR1[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6513794, +2.653254834290279[25][26]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Purple Mountain Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 19, 1965[12]
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Time of periapsis
+2461179.3848954043[38]
🏷️ Also known as
en Needham de (2790) Needham el 2790 Νήνταμ fa سیارک ۲۷۹۰ ja ニーダム ru 1965 UU1 ru 1978 UR2 ru 1980 DR1 ru (2790) 1965 UU1 uk 2790 Нідем zh 小行星2790
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7msq
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002790
Minor Planet Center body ID
2790

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Summary

2790 Needham 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Absolute magnitude → {'amount': '+12.5'}, {'amount': '+12.57'}
    Provisional designation → 1965 UU1, 1978 UR2, 1980 DR1
    Albedo → {'amount': '+0.339'}
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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