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4012 Geballe

Asteroid
Thing asteroid Q152495

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4011 Bakharev[5]
Followed by
4013 Ogiria[6]
Absolute magnitude
+13.4, +13.52[20][21]
Albedo
+0.229[40]
Apoapsis
+2.614, +2.612773443208132[31][32]
Argument of periapsis
+133.84106, +133.794918188335[35][36]
Diameter
+5.808[39]
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[41]
Longitude of ascending node
+244.95164, +244.8802645602075[27][28]
Mean anomaly
+35.35980, +17.67881064807193[37][38]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.16 (0.16–0.16, n=3)[17][18][19]
Orbital inclination
+4.57185, +4.571979027866496[22][23]
Orbital period
+3.37, +1230.316076069146[24][25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+1.8804956, +1.881320814698899[33][34]
Provisional designation
1934 TL, 1944 RD, 1951 WC1, 1977 KB1, 1978 VK9, 1981 SN3[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Rotation period
+5.88597[26]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.2472052, +2.247047128953516[29][30]
Significant event
naming[16]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[15]
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Time of periapsis
+2460940.0818751496[42]
🏷️ Also known as
en Geballe de (4012) Geballe fa سیارک ۴۰۱۲ ru 1951 WC1 ru 1978 VK9 ru 1981 SN3 ru (4012) 1978 VK9 ru 1977 KB1 ru 1934 TL ru 1944 RD uk 4012 Ґебалле zh 小行星4012
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y2l75
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004012
Minor Planet Center body ID
4012

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Summary

4012 Geballe 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.
  41. [42] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → 4011 Bakharev
    JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID → 20004012
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460940.0818751496'}
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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