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4779 Whitley

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q1044612

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4778 Fuss[6]
Followed by
4780 Polina[7]
Absolute magnitude
12.4, 12.59[19][20]
Albedo
0.093
Apoapsis
3.574 astronomical unit, 3.551720126088924 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
328.17679 degree, 328.2441611712894 degree
Diameter
15.093 km
Discoverer or inventor
Edward L. G. Bowell, Archibald Warnock[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
185.34426 degree, 185.2299231305319 degree
Mean anomaly
317.93325 degree, 11.65969774213356 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt, outer asteroid belt[8][9]
Named after
Keith Whitley[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.11 (0.11–0.12, n=3)[16][17][18]
Orbital inclination
0.92918 degree, 0.936504725475217 degree[21][22]
Orbital period
5.7 year, 2,089.923592942444 day[23][24]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
2.8098550 astronomical unit, 2.846384193706461 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1973 YK3, 1978 XQ, 1986 EG2[11][12][13]
Rotation period
7.31059 hour[25]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.1920163 astronomical unit, 3.199052159897692 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[15]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
December 6, 1978[14]
Time of periapsis
2,460,932.8114516726 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (4779) Whitley en Whitley fa سیارک 4779 fa سیارک ۴۷۷۹ ja 4779 ウィットリー ja 4779 ホイットリー ja ウィットリー ja ホイットリー ru 1973 YK3 ru 1978 XQ ru 1986 EG2 ru (4779) 1978 XQ uk 4779 Whitley uk 4779 Вітлі zh 小行星4779
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03ykzdb
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004779
Minor Planet Center body ID
4779

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Summary

4779 Whitley is an asteroid[1].

References

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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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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