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4346 Whitney

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q153690

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4345 Rachmaninoff[5]
Followed by
4347 Reger[6]
Absolute magnitude
12.6, 12.68[17][18]
Albedo
0.156
Apoapsis
3.292 astronomical unit, 3.298372233355263 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
74.93886 degree, 73.13315746553059 degree
Diameter
11.151 km
Discoverer or inventor
Andrew J. Noymer[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
224.55851 degree, 224.3818963899143 degree[23]
Mean anomaly
200.90871 degree, 294.4002167985798 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Mary Watson Whitney[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.09 (0.09–0.09, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
10.23203 degree, 10.25360906513166 degree[19][20]
Orbital period
5.24 year, 1,912.153524021069 day[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.7423505 astronomical unit, 2.731566273284169 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1975 VW7, 1985 TG, 1988 DS4[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.0171458 astronomical unit, 3.014969253319716 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[3]
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Time of discovery or invention
February 23, 1988[12]
Time of periapsis
2,461,348.935712843 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Whitney de (4346) Whitney fa سیارک ۴۳۴۶ ru (4346) 1988 DS4 ru 1985 TG ru 1975 VW7 ru 1988 DS4 uk 4346 Вїтні zh 小行星4346
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03ykzfr
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004346
Minor Planet Center body ID
4346

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Summary

4346 Whitney 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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