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3973 Ogilvie

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q1046462

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
3972 Richard[4]
Followed by
3974 Verveer[5]
Absolute magnitude
13.0, 13.22[19][20]
Albedo
0.251
Apoapsis
2.848, 2.848607787166251
Argument of periapsis
245.04927, 245.1447705704309
Diameter
6.204
Discoverer or inventor
Laurence G. Taff[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
70.98399, 70.96549429242697
Mean anomaly
182.15913, 115.2954877732731
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.21 (0.21–0.21, n=3)[16][17][18]
Orbital inclination
1.84852, 1.84745412820607[21][22]
Orbital period
3.62, 1323.820352873446[23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.8674356, 1.870396953324627
Provisional designation
1948 NA, 1959 RB, 1970 QK1, 1974 VH1, 1981 SN5, 1981 UC1[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Rotation period
21.211
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3578925, 2.359502370245439
Significant event
naming[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 30, 1981[14]
Time of periapsis
2460576.5263519203
🏷️ Also known as
en 3973 Ogilvie en (3973) Ogilvie en Ogilvie de (3973) Ogilvie es Ogilvie fa سیارک 3973 fa سیارک ۳۹۷۳ ja オーグルヴィー pt (3973) Ogilvie ru 1959 RB ru 1948 NA ru 1970 QK1 ru 1974 VH1 ru 1981 SN5 ru 1981 UC1 ru (3973) 1981 UC1 ru Ogilvie uk 3973 Ogilvie uk 3973 Огілві zh 小行星3973
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7tq0
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20003973
Minor Planet Center body ID
3973

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Discoverer or inventor 1
Laurence G. Taff
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
3974 Verveer
Followed by (predecessor) 1
3974 Verveer
Follows 1
3972 Richard
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
3972 Richard
← Child astronomical body 1
Sun
← Different from 1
Ogilvie
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Summary

3973 Ogilvie 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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