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6817 Pest

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q700815

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
6816 Barbcohen[4]
Followed by
6818 Sessyu[5]
Absolute magnitude
+14.1, +14.23[15][16]
Albedo
+0.283[34]
Apoapsis
+2.496, +2.495165172264279[25][26]
Argument of periapsis
+206.06927, +205.6454728378384[29][30]
Diameter
+4.151[33]
Discoverer or inventor
Antonín Mrkos[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[35]
Longitude of ascending node
+246.84972, +246.7515666712478[21][22]
Mean anomaly
+134.22750, +201.4813588718305[31][32]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Pest[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.08 (0.08–0.08, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+2.38296, +2.38594751187714[17][18]
Orbital period
+3.51, +1281.48913523897[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.1223225, +2.122697321158852[27][28]
Provisional designation
1982 BP2, 1989 AB2[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3093214, +2.308931246711566[23][24]
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kleť Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
January 20, 1982[10]
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Time of periapsis
+2461564.777545385[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pest de (6817) Pest de 1982 BP2 fa سیارک ۶۸۱۷ ru (6817) 1982 BP2 ru 1989 AB2 ru (6817) Пест ru Пест uk 6817 Пешт zh 小行星6817
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7zkf
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006817
Minor Planet Center body ID
6817

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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  19. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 2.122323 astronomical unit, 2.122697 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 3.51 year, 1,281.489135 day
    Instance of → asteroid
    Discoverer or inventor → Antonín Mrkos
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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