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5883 Josephblack

main-belt minor planet
Thing asteroid Q277842

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(5882) 1992 WW5[4]
Followed by
5884 Dolezal[5]
Absolute magnitude
+12.0[19]
Albedo
+0.036[38]
Apoapsis
+3.714, +3.704271279868403[29][30]
Argument of periapsis
+14.61514, +15.55943284580145[33][34]
Diameter
+21.092[37]
Discoverer or inventor
Robert H. McNaught[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[39]
Longitude of ascending node
+39.57073, +39.1897715161456[25][26]
Mean anomaly
+89.30531, +216.467219684671[35][36]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Joseph Black[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.17 (0.17–0.17, n=3)[16][17][18]
Orbital inclination
+17.50561, +17.4544445031919[20][21]
Orbital period
+5.64, +2068.16490603417[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.6230577, +2.649347509659227[31][32]
Provisional designation
1993 VM5, 1954 UM2, 1965 SK, 1982 VG9, 1985 GG, 2019 GV23[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Rotation period
+17.542[24]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+3.1683781, +3.176809394763815[27][28]
Significant event
naming[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[2]
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Time of discovery or invention
November 6, 1993[14]
Time of periapsis
+2461825.0818308713[40]
🏷️ Also known as
en Josephblack en (5883) 1993 VM5 de (5883) Josephblack ru 1985 GG ru 1993 VM5 ru 1965 SK ru 1954 UM2 ru 1982 VG9 zh 小行星5883
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0bwhw2w
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20005883
Minor Planet Center body ID
5883

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  1. [1] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6230577'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.649347509659227'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.64'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2068.16490603417'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ce', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'kaa', 'ro', 'sv',
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+17.542'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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