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4060 Deipylos

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q152604

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4059 Balder[6]
Followed by
4061 Martelli[7]
Absolute magnitude
9.3, 9.39
Albedo
0.043
Apoapsis
6.055 astronomical unit, 6.028742015695855 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
307.34188 degree, 309.1003280540802 degree
Diameter
84.043 km
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst, Guido Pizarro[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Lagrangian point
L4-Jupiter-Sun
Longitude of ascending node
168.20441 degree, 168.1430447322304 degree
Mean anomaly
199.70217 degree, 35.98446990131664 degree
Minor planet group
Jupiter trojan, Greek camp trojan asteroid, asteroid belt[8][9][10]
Named after
Meanings of minor planet names: 4001–5000[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.15 (0.15–0.15, n=3)[19][20][21]
Orbital inclination
16.15068 degree, 16.16887868434224 degree
Orbital period
12.03 year, 4,356.444473236395 day
Parent astronomical body
Sun[11]
Periapsis
4.4425743 astronomical unit, 4.411706746750727 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1942 ET, 1950 UJ, 1951 YP1, 1966 FN, 1987 YT1[12][13][14][15][16]
Rotation period
11.486 hour
Semi-major axis of an orbit
5.2488188 astronomical unit, 5.220224381223291 astronomical unit
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Significant event
naming[18]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
December 17, 1987[17]
Time of periapsis
2,460,565.0434860447 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Deipylos en (4060) Deipylos ar ديبليوس 4060 fa سیارک ۴۰۶۰ fr (4060) Déipyle ru (4060) 1987 YT1 ru 1950 UJ ru 1942 ET ru 1951 YP1 ru 1966 FN ru 1987 YT1 zh 小行星4060
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Орбита астероида 4060.png ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03y1ddw
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004060
Minor Planet Center body ID
4060

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Summary

4060 Deipylos is an asteroid[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Eric Walter Elst[2], an astronomer[22], 1936–2022[23], of Belgium[24], specialised in astronomy[25] and Guido Pizarro[3], an astronomer[26], b. 2000[27], of Chile[28].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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