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2902 Westerlund

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q254424

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2901 Bagehot[4]
Followed by
2903 Zhuhai[5]
Absolute magnitude
+14.0, +14.09[17][18]
Albedo
+0.247[37]
Apoapsis
+2.641, +2.64153854776713[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+158.91230, +158.9835260316212[32][33]
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[12]
Diameter
+4.12[36]
Discoverer or inventor
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+178.41908, +178.3212483887221[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+192.54995, +195.7916046422[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Bengt Westerlund[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.2, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+4.37747, +4.378951746756189[19][20]
Orbital period
+3.27, +1194.035239372654[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+1.7649585, +1.763764679211391[30][31]
Provisional designation
1968 UF2, 1980 FN3, 1981 SB[8][9][10]
Rotation period
+30.0[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.2027815, +2.20265161348926[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
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Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
March 16, 1980[11]
Time of periapsis
+2461545.1405851613
🏷️ Also known as
en Westerlund de (2902) Westerlund el 2902 Βέστερλουντ fa سیارک ۲۹۰۲ ru 1980 FN3 ru 1968 UF2 ru 1981 SB ru (2902) 1980 FN3 uk 2902 Вестерлунд zh 小行星2902
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03ykz2z
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002902
Minor Planet Center body ID
2902

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → 2.202781 astronomical unit, 2.202652 astronomical unit
    Orbital eccentricity → 0.2, 0.198759, 0.199254
    Followed by → 2903 Zhuhai
    Time of discovery or invention → March 16, 1980
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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