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4028 Pancratz

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q152550

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4027 Mitton[5]
Followed by
4029 Bridges[6]
Absolute magnitude
12.9, 13.15[19][20]
Albedo
0.175
Apoapsis
2.934 astronomical unit, 2.930393154304806 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
266.99502 degree, 268.3500893769077 degree
Diameter
7.268 km
Discoverer or inventor
Laurence G. Taff[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
177.40298 degree, 177.1727905457497 degree[25]
Mean anomaly
88.28720 degree, 306.70280355596 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Chris Pancratz[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.15 (0.15–0.15, n=3)[16][17][18]
Orbital inclination
2.80730 degree, 2.813104614281423 degree[21][22]
Orbital period
4.08 year, 1,489.514733072429 day[23][24]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.1703887 astronomical unit, 2.174589215654343 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1960 VG, 1964 UJ, 1976 SC2, 1982 BE12, 1982 DV2[9][10][11][12][13]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5520731 astronomical unit, 2.552491184979575 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[3]
Time of discovery or invention
February 18, 1982[14]
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Time of periapsis
2,461,221.0193314855 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Pancratz de (4028) Pancratz fa سیارک ۴۰۲۸ ru 1982 BE12 ru 1982 DV2 ru (4028) 1982 DV2 ru 1976 SC2 ru 1960 VG ru 1964 UJ uk 4028 Панкрац zh 小行星4028
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7xfq
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004028
Minor Planet Center body ID
4028

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Summary

4028 Pancratz 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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