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4792 Lykaon

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q154656

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4791 Iphidamas[5]
Followed by
4793 Slessor[6]
Absolute magnitude
10.1, 10.18[19][20]
Albedo
0.068
Apoapsis
5.737 astronomical unit, 5.724183288462187 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
283.56940 degree, 284.391923140574 degree
Diameter
50.87 km
Discoverer or inventor
Carolyn S. Shoemaker[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Lagrangian point
L5 Jupiter-Sun[18]
Longitude of ascending node
61.92452 degree, 61.90345249735077 degree
Mean anomaly
174.51307 degree, 43.25478498184127 degree
Minor planet group
Jupiter trojan, Trojan camp trojan asteroid, asteroid belt[7][8][9]
Named after
Lycaon[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.09 (0.09–0.09, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
9.33526 degree, 9.34187320699559 degree[21][22]
Orbital period
12.06 year, 4,387.106881539749 day[23][24]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
4.7830412 astronomical unit, 4.765197570114947 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1988 RK1, 1989 UN9[11][12]
Rotation period
40.09 hour[25]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
5.2597958 astronomical unit, 5.244690429288567 astronomical unit
Show all 28 facts +4
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 10, 1988[13]
Time of periapsis
2,460,473.379542074 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (4792) Lykaon en Lykaon ar ليكاون 4792 fa سیارک ۴۷۹۲ fr (4792) Lycaon ru 1988 RK1 ru 1989 UN9 ru (4792) 1988 RK1 zh 小行星4792
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y77pk
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004792
Minor Planet Center body ID
4792

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Summary

4792 Lykaon 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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