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2962 Otto

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q150434

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2961 Katsurahama[5]
Followed by
2963 Chen Jiageng[6]
Absolute magnitude
+11.2, +11.19[19][20]
Albedo
+0.222[39]
Apoapsis
+2.668, +2.671771085725311[30][31]
Argument of periapsis
+117.43468, +120.2844195494863[34][35]
Diameter
+17.011[38]
Discoverer or inventor
Yrjö Väisälä[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[40]
Longitude of ascending node
+54.21277, +54.06449755014312[26][27]
Mean anomaly
+308.42708, +160.4221659403124[36][37]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Otto Hahn[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.04 (0.04–0.04, n=3)[16][17][18]
Orbital inclination
+15.64300, +15.64580184060106[21][22]
Orbital period
+4.12, +1502.928035213403[23][24]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.4679970, +2.463812887935432[32][33]
Provisional designation
1931 TV2, 1940 YF, 1942 JB, 1950 GC, 1979 HJ5[9][10][11][12][13]
Rotation period
+2.67756[25]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.5681728, +2.567791986830371[28][29]
Significant event
naming[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Iso-Heikkilä Observatory[3]
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Time of discovery or invention
December 28, 1940[14]
Time of periapsis
+2460330.7695259405[41]
🏷️ Also known as
en Otto de (2962) Otto el 2962 Όττο fa سیارک ۲۹۶۲ ja 2962 オットー ja オットー ru 1940 YF ru 1931 TV2 ru 1942 JB ru 1950 GC ru 1979 HJ5 ru (2962) 1940 YF uk 2962 Отто zh 小行星2962
🔖 Identifiers · 4
DAMIT asteroid ID
504
Freebase ID
/m/03y7wl6
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002962
Minor Planet Center body ID
2962

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Summary

2962 Otto 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.
  38. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → 2.568173 astronomical unit, 2.567792 astronomical unit
    Orbital eccentricity → 0.04, 0.039007, 0.040494
    Followed by → 2963 Chen Jiageng
    Time of discovery or invention → December 28, 1940
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