316709 POSS

Summary

316709 POSS is an asteroid^[1].

Key Facts

• 316709 POSS is credited with the discovery of Andrew Lowe^[2].
• 316709 POSS's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].
• 316709 POSS's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[4].
• National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey is named after 316709 POSS^[5].
• 316709 POSS's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[6].
• 316709 POSS's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 316709 POSS's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 RG301^[8].
• 316709 POSS's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EE60^[9].
• 316709 POSS's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-03-06T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 316709 POSS's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20316709^[11].
• 316709 POSS's significant event is recorded as naming^[12].
• 316709 POSS's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2935148333457577'}^[13].
• 316709 POSS's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.29'}^[14].
• 316709 POSS's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.818454842435314'}^[15].
• 316709 POSS's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1908.553770163095'}^[16].
• 316709 POSS's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+166.775713414028'}^[17].
• 316709 POSS's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.011184147430712'}^[18].
• 316709 POSS's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.895011360637225'}^[19].
• 316709 POSS's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.127356934224199'}^[20].
• 316709 POSS's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+42.2178847161017'}^[21].
• 316709 POSS's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+144.1588535469045'}^[22].
• 316709 POSS's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 316709^[23].
• 316709 POSS's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[24].
• 316709 POSS's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460236.2363237794'}^[25].

Body

Designation and Status

316709 POSS's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].

History and Context

National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey is named after 316709 POSS^[5].