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5256 Farquhar

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q155168

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
5255 Johnsophie[7]
Followed by
5257 Laogonus[8]
Absolute magnitude
11.9, 12.13[18][19]
Albedo
0.148
Apoapsis
3.064 astronomical unit, 3.06267058843209 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
88.79562 degree, 88.57202602760793 degree
Diameter
11.99 km
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Celina Mikolajczak, Robert Francis Coker‎[2][3][4]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
219.34358 degree, 219.2842249839402 degree[25]
Mean anomaly
191.42997 degree, 51.71752253886163 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[9]
Named after
Robert W. Farquhar[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.2, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
14.95537 degree, 14.95732089242355 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
4.08 year, 1,489.751103605642 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
2.0410635 astronomical unit, 2.042851839066617 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1955 HK, 1988 NN[11][12]
Rotation period
11.504 hour[24]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5526289 astronomical unit, 2.552761213749353 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[14]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[5]
Time of discovery or invention
July 11, 1988[13]
Time of periapsis
2,460,786.4826770057 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Farquhar de (5256) Farquhar fa سیارک ۵۲۵۶ ja ファークアー ru 1955 HK ru 1988 NN ru (5256) 1988 NN uk 5256 Фаркгар zh 小行星5256
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y216b
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20005256
Minor Planet Center body ID
5256

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Summary

5256 Farquhar is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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