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4008 Corbin

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q152476

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4007 Euryalos[3]
Followed by
4009 Drobyshevskij[4]
Absolute magnitude
13.2, 13.24[14][15]
Albedo
0.264[34]
Apoapsis
2.854 au, 2.852061601111278 au[25][26]
Argument of periapsis
327.26034°, 327.3391016780941°[29][30]
Diameter
5.424 km[33]
Discoverer or inventor
Félix Aguilar Observatory[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[35]
Longitude of ascending node
167.19714°, 167.1441186778585°[21][22]
Mean anomaly
231.15323°, 163.626562313207°[31][32]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.21 (0.21–0.21, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
25.51360°, 25.49244045991038°[16][17]
Orbital period
3.62 year, 1,324.69527453518 day[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
1.8628538 au, 1.869022124798045 au[27][28]
Provisional designation
1977 BY, 1988 CN[7][8]
Rotation period
6.203 h[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3585816 au, 2.360541862954661 au[23][24]
Significant event
naming[10]
Site of astronomical discovery
Leoncito Astronomical Complex[2]
Time of discovery or invention
January 22, 1977[9]
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Time of periapsis
2,460,398.40185032 Julian day[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Corbin de (4008) Corbin fa سیارک ۴۰۰۸ ja 4008 コービン ja コービン ru 1977 BY ru 1988 CN ru (4008) 1977 BY uk 4008 Корбін zh 小行星4008
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y1916
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004008
Minor Planet Center body ID
4008

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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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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.

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  1. 14d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → 4007 Euryalos
    JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID → 20004008
    Time of periapsis → 2,460,398.40185 Julian day
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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