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4906 Seneferu

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q154822

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4905 Hiromi[7]
Followed by
4907 Zoser[8]
Absolute magnitude
15.0, 15.26[18][19]
Albedo
0.152
Apoapsis
2.645 astronomical unit, 2.645671989666357 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
199.06586 degree, 199.2067173739768 degree
Diameter
3.11 km
Discoverer or inventor
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels[2][3][4]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
120.00433 degree, 119.991390384909 degree
Mean anomaly
118.13230 degree, 134.5516735774715 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[9]
Named after
Sneferu[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.21 (0.21–0.22, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
1.65148 degree, 1.652133093651027 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
3.21 year, 1,173.867404869985 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
1.7088449 astronomical unit, 1.709885396892853 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1976 SQ1, 2533 P-L[11][12]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.1768266 astronomical unit, 2.177778693279605 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[5]
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Time of discovery or invention
September 24, 1960[13]
Time of periapsis
2,460,561.761600324 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (4906) Seneferu en Seneferu fa سیارک ۴۹۰۶ fr (4906) Snéfrou ru 1976 SQ1 ru 2533 P-L ru (4906) 2533 P-L ru PLS2533 uk 4906 Сенеферу zh 小行星4906
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03ygczq
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004906
Minor Planet Center body ID
4906

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Summary

4906 Seneferu is an asteroid[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Cornelis Johannes van Houten[2], an astronomer[24], 1920–2002[25], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[26], specialised in astronomy[27]; Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[3], an astronomer[28], 1921–2015[29], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[30], specialised in astronomy[31]; and Tom Gehrels[4], an astronomer[32], 1925–2011[33], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[34], awarded the Masursky Award[35], specialised in astronomy[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . 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
  9. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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