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5254 Ulysses

asteroid
Place asteroid Q155162

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
5253 Fredclifford[5]
Followed by
5255 Johnsophie[6]
Absolute magnitude
9.2, 9.18[18][19]
Albedo
0.0869, 0.07
Apoapsis
5.869, 5.854181167804759
Argument of periapsis
343.11687, 344.7371582487103
Diameter
76.147
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Lagrangian point
L4-Jupiter-Sun[17]
Longitude of ascending node
76.03632, 75.99408080035798
Mean anomaly
254.65859, 91.54819221499811
Minor planet group
Jupiter trojan, Greek camp trojan asteroid[7][8]
Named after
Odysseus[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.12 (0.12–0.12, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
24.19428, 24.20016631013599[20][21]
Orbital period
11.97, 4357.804446757469[22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
4.5974383, 4.588440313748917
Provisional designation
1986 VG1, 1990 FN[10][11]
Rotation period
28.72
Semi-major axis of an orbit
5.2333173, 5.221310740776838
Significant event
naming[13]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Haute-Provence Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1986[12]
Time of periapsis
2459892.3080024244
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03yhk75
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20005254
Minor Planet Center body ID
5254

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Eric Walter Elst
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
5253 Fredclifford
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
Jupiter trojan
Named after 1
Odysseus
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
5253 Fredclifford
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Haute-Provence Observatory
← SNARC ID 1
Côr Ysgol Gymraeg Evan James
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Summary

5254 Ulysses is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Côr Ysgol Gymraeg Evan James Eric Walter Elst

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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