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30786 Karkoschka

asteroid
Asteroid Q1100516

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
30785 Greeley[6]
Followed by
(30787) 1988 RC[7]
Absolute magnitude
+17.1, +17.25[16][17]
Apoapsis
+3.814, +3.813138585454805
Argument of periapsis
+214.15011, +214.1482923188029
Discoverer or inventor
Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+151.33586, +151.3223043814014[22][23]
Mean anomaly
+41.07329, +233.4548748357597
Minor planet group
Mars-crossing asteroid[8]
Named after
Erich Karkoschka[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.45 (0.44–0.45, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
+8.28304, +8.283017208901475[18][19]
Orbital period
+4.29, +1564.41813736124[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
+1.4630850, +1.461583785874146
Provisional designation
1988 QC[10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6385670, +2.637361185664475
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
August 18, 1988[11]
Time of periapsis
+2461550.4152472266
🏷️ Also known as
en 30786 Karkoschka en Karkoschka de (30786) Karkoschka fa سیارک ۳۰۷۸۶ fa سیارک 30786 ru 1988 QC ru (30786) 1988 QC ru Karkoschka zh 小行星30786
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y5fr_
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20030786
Minor Planet Center body ID
30786

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
30785 Greeley
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
Mars-crossing asteroid
Named after 1
Erich Karkoschka
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
30785 Greeley
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

30786 Karkoschka is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Carolyn S. Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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