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7177 Melvyntaylor

main-belt minor planet
Place asteroid Q301909

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
7176 Kuniji[3]
Followed by
7178 Ikuookamoto[4]
Absolute magnitude
+13.1, +13.28[14][15]
Albedo
+0.266[34]
Apoapsis
+3.209, +3.206103465939821[25][26]
Argument of periapsis
+41.44480, +41.35994406544546[29][30]
Diameter
+7.43[33]
Discoverer or inventor
Robert H. McNaught[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[35]
Longitude of ascending node
+332.97895, +332.914142467906[21][22]
Mean anomaly
+159.68444, +336.3170286219809[31][32]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.19 (0.19–0.19, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
+12.72956, +12.72944609049782[16][17]
Orbital period
+4.4, +1610.633756878975[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+2.1651064, +2.171996979414041[27][28]
Provisional designation
1990 TF, 1968 QS[7][8]
Rotation period
+3.29372[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6868979, +2.689050222676931[23][24]
Significant event
naming[10]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
October 9, 1990[9]
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Time of periapsis
+2461106.457203235[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en 1990 TF en (7177) 1990 TF en 7177 Melvyntaylor en (7177) Melvyntaylor it (7177) 1990 TF ru 1968 QS ru 1990 TF zh 小行星7177
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0b__t3h
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20007177
Minor Planet Center body ID
7177
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet7177Provisional1990TF"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Robert H. McNaught
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
7178 Ikuookamoto
Followed by (predecessor) 1
7178 Ikuookamoto
Follows 1
7176 Kuniji
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
7176 Kuniji
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Siding Spring Observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . iau.org. iau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · AbzalM · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.72956'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.72944609049782'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.209'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.206103465939821'}
    Discoverer or inventor → Robert H. McNaught
    Site of astronomical discovery → Siding Spring Observatory
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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