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4059 Balder

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q152603

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4058 Cecilgreen[5]
Followed by
4060 Deipylos[6]
Absolute magnitude
11.4, 11.57[20][21]
Albedo
0.097
Apoapsis
3.225 astronomical unit, 3.221745203081638 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
30.00263 degree, 32.08893816053044 degree
Diameter
17.019 km
Discoverer or inventor
Poul Jensen[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
238.07434 degree, 238.0186837447843 degree
Mean anomaly
94.17920 degree, 183.177781195147 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Baldur[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.07 (0.07–0.07, n=3)[17][18][19]
Orbital inclination
9.46668 degree, 9.454035469140424 degree[22][23]
Orbital period
5.24 year, 1,919.7579977635 day
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.8096480 astronomical unit, 2.824169764585838 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1956 XQ, 1977 TC4, 1977 TM7, 1977 VG2, 1983 XW1, 1987 SB5[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Rotation period
9.7215 hour
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.0173598 astronomical unit, 3.022957483833738 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[16]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Brorfelde Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 29, 1987[15]
Time of periapsis
2,461,943.4329687026 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Balder de (4059) Balder fa سیارک ۴۰۵۹ ru 1977 TM7 ru 1983 XW1 ru 1987 SB5 ru (4059) 1987 SB5 ru 1977 VG2 ru 1956 XQ ru 1977 TC4 uk 4059 Бальдер zh 小行星4059
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y0x20
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004059
Minor Planet Center body ID
4059

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Summary

4059 Balder 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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