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4782 Gembloux

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q777888

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4781 Sládkovič[6]
Followed by
4783 Wasson[7]
Absolute magnitude
12.2, 12.34[18][19]
Albedo
0.135
Apoapsis
3.042 astronomical unit, 3.051484672237936 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
348.33972 degree, 349.1308671430482 degree
Diameter
11.521 km
Discoverer or inventor
Léo Houziaux‎, Henri Debehogne[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
339.17860 degree, 338.7604731772535 degree
Mean anomaly
65.15693 degree, 199.1872922976169 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Gembloux[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.08 (0.07–0.08, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
1.33643 degree, 1.334898293606731 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
4.78 year, 1,744.960516831953 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
2.6355285 astronomical unit, 2.621628502228095 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1980 TH3, 1983 GU1, 1990 VB1[10][11][12]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.8388259 astronomical unit, 2.836556587233015 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Haute-Provence Observatory[4]
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Time of discovery or invention
October 14, 1980[13]
Time of periapsis
2,461,779.977293182 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Gembloux de (4782) Gembloux fa سیارک ۴۷۸۲ ru (4782) 1980 TH3 ru (4782) Жамблу ru Жамблу ru 1990 VB1 ru 1980 TH3 ru 1983 GU1 uk 4782 Жемблу zh 小行星4782
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y2lr1
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004782
Minor Planet Center body ID
4782

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Summary

4782 Gembloux is an asteroid[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Léo Houziaux‎[2], an astronomer[24], 1932–2026[25], of Belgium[26], awarded the Officer of the Order of Leopold[27] and Henri Debehogne[3], an astronomer[28], 1928–2007[29], of Belgium[30], specialised in astronomy[31].

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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