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6568 Serendip

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q598438

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
6567 Shigemasa[5]
Followed by
6569 Ondaatje[6]
Absolute magnitude
+14.1, +14.29[18][19]
Albedo
+0.046[38]
Apoapsis
+2.972, +2.972495620702159[29][30]
Argument of periapsis
+105.67940, +106.2653698046407[33][34]
Diameter
+9.85[37]
Discoverer or inventor
Seiji Ueda, Hiroshi Kaneda[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[39]
Longitude of ascending node
+308.45709, +308.2286935044612[25][26]
Mean anomaly
+144.95090, +104.2660322354897[35][36]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Sri Lanka[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.17 (0.17–0.17, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
+8.44878, +8.466210985046455[20][21]
Orbital period
+4.06, +1481.605899923829[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.1206740, +2.114400202165018[31][32]
Provisional designation
1971 TV2, 1987 SC20, 1989 EK5, 1993 DT[9][10][11][12]
Rotation period
+16.0[24]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.5463146, +2.543447911433589[27][28]
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kushiro[3]
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Time of discovery or invention
February 21, 1993[13]
Time of periapsis
+2460571.385642995[40]
🏷️ Also known as
en Serendip de (6568) Serendip de 1993 DT fa ۶۵۶۸ سرندیپ fa سیارک 6568 fa سیارک ۶۵۶۸ ja セレンディップ ja 6568 セレンディップ ru 1971 TV2 ru 1987 SC20 ru 1989 EK5 ru (6568) 1993 DT uk 6568 Serendip uk 6568 Серендіп zh 小行星6568
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/04g22fs
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006568
Minor Planet Center body ID
6568

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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  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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    Periapsis → 2.120674 astronomical unit, 2.1144 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 4.06 year, 1,481.6059 day
    Rotation period → 16 hour
    Instance of → asteroid
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