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5888 Ruders

main-belt minor planet
Thing asteroid Q509743

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
5887 Yauza[6]
Followed by
5889 Mickiewicz[7]
Absolute magnitude
13.0, 13.16[18][19]
Apoapsis
3.107 astronomical unit, 3.098108689237854 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
54.39511 degree, 55.91469645901055 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
333.04920 degree, 332.778507095691 degree[24][25]
Mean anomaly
118.86208 degree, 334.9556112714158 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Poul Ruders[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.09 (0.09–0.1, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
1.25115 degree, 1.251214898122903 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
4.77 year, 1,744.845568535596 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
2.5630771 astronomical unit, 2.574755340391574 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 VU7, 1976 JH4, 1992 UD1[10][11][12]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.8349486 astronomical unit, 2.836432014814714 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[13]
Time of periapsis
2,461,121.8849741383 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (5888) 1978 VU7 en Ruders de (5888) Ruders ru 1976 JH4 ru 1978 VU7 ru 1992 UD1 zh 小行星5888
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0bwl7qd
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20005888
Minor Planet Center body ID
5888

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Summary

5888 Ruders is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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