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4943 Lac d'Orient

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q1068416

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
4942 Munroe[4]
Followed by
4944 Kozlovskij[5]
Absolute magnitude
+13.0, +13.22[15][16]
Albedo
+0.323[36]
Apoapsis
+3.116, +3.115450527892226[27][28]
Argument of periapsis
+135.65867, +135.3361540890639[31][32]
Diameter
+6.439[35]
Different from
Lac d'Orient[17]
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[37]
Longitude of ascending node
+241.38259, +241.3012253112052[23][24]
Mean anomaly
+91.15205, +280.4788671843369[33][34]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Lac d'Orient[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.18 (0.18–0.18, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+11.97503, +11.97541444579819[18][19]
Orbital period
+4.31, +1574.951143820993[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.1799414, +2.182921328834676[29][30]
Provisional designation
1979 XR1, 1987 OQ[8][9]
Rotation period
+11.81[22]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6481110, +2.649185928363451[25][26]
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Haute-Provence Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
July 27, 1987[10]
Time of periapsis
+2461348.3941641278
🏷️ Also known as
en Lac d'Orient en 4943 Lac d'Orient en (4943) Lac d'Orient de Lac d'Orient es Lac d'Orient fr Lac d'Orient pt Lac d'Orient ru 1979 XR1 ru 1987 OQ ru (4943) 1987 OQ ru Lac d'Orient uk 4943 Lac d'Orient uk 4943 Лак д'Орієнт zh 小行星4943
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y6zzd
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004943
Minor Planet Center body ID
4943

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Different from 1
Lac d'Orient
Discoverer or inventor 1
Eric Walter Elst
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
4944 Kozlovskij
Followed by (predecessor) 1
4944 Kozlovskij
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Lac d'Orient
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Haute-Provence Observatory
← Child astronomical body 1
Sun
← Different from 1
Lac d'Orient
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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → 4942 Munroe
    Time of periapsis → 2,461,348.394164 Julian day
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Rotation period → 11.81 hour
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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