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61342 Lovejoy

asteroid
Asteroid Q3599510

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
(61341) 2000 PC3[3]
Followed by
(61343) 2000 PC5[4]
Absolute magnitude
+15.8, +15.92[13][14]
Apoapsis
+2.877632635604114[21]
Argument of periapsis
+229.0, +228.7754608295726[23][24]
Discoverer or inventor
Gordon J. Garradd[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[27]
Longitude of ascending node
+90.8, +90.76065551998217[18][19]
Mean anomaly
+18.2, +320.2743081102441[25][26]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Named after
Terry Lovejoy[2]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.21, +0.2105459176911018[11][12]
Orbital inclination
+3.2, +3.169422183808384[15][16]
Orbital period
+1338.688556681285[17]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+1.876639950920617[22]
Provisional designation
2000 PJ3, 2001 YC81[7][8]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.377136293262366[20]
Significant event
naming[10]
Time of discovery or invention
August 3, 2000[9]
Time of periapsis
+2461148.223136497[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en 61342 Lovejoy en Lovejoy de (61342) Lovejoy fa سیارک 61342 fa سیارک ۶۱۳۴۲ it 2000 PJ3 it 2001 YC81 ru 2000 PJ3 ru 2001 YC81 ru (61342) 2000 PJ3 ru (61342) Lovejoy ru (61342) Лавджоя ru Lovejoy ru Лавджоя zh 小行星61342
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0cmbssw
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20061342
Minor Planet Center body ID
61342

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Gordon J. Garradd
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Terry Lovejoy
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → 229 degree, 228.775461 degree
    Periapsis → 1.87664 astronomical unit
    Instance of → asteroid
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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