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(73643) 1978 UA5

asteroid
Place asteroid Q5779346

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(73642) 1978 RV9[4]
Followed by
(73644) 1978 UD7[5]
Absolute magnitude
16.51[12]
Apoapsis
2.724053860762857[18]
Argument of periapsis
32.3998763120921[20]
Discoverer or inventor
C. Michelle Olmstead[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[22]
Longitude of ascending node
352.852457439662[16]
Mean anomaly
126.1047732876427[21]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1763511362606556[11]
Orbital inclination
2.472553399563086[13]
Orbital period
1287.112469857521[14]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.907307944049923[19]
Provisional designation
1978 UA5, 1999 RA157[8][9]
Rotation period
9.991[15]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.31568090240639[17]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 27, 1978[10]
Time of periapsis
2460549.6360383136
🏷️ Also known as
en (73643) 1978 UA5 ru 1978 UA5 ru 1999 RA157 zh 小行星73643
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122q9sms
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20073643
Minor Planet Center body ID
73643

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
C. Michelle Olmstead
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(73644) 1978 UD7
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(73644) 1978 UD7
Follows 1
(73642) 1978 RV9
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(73642) 1978 RV9
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(73643) 1978 UA5 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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