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77185 Cherryh

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q532833

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2001 FD9[8]
Followed by
1999 XY185[9]
Absolute magnitude
15.9, 16.07[18][19]
Albedo
0.049
Apoapsis
3.047126023091888 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
231.6 degree, 232.9681492084213 degree
Diameter
3.985 km
Discoverer or inventor
Don J. Wells, Alex Cruz, George Observatory[2][3][4]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
12.27952273789944 degree
Mean anomaly
100.1 degree, 273.3339505081805 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[10]
Named after
C. J. Cherryh[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.17, 0.172330887903953[16][17]
Orbital inclination
3.15 degree, 3.133097480751017 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
1,530.589534826983 day[22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[11]
Periapsis
2.151280083122613 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1998 TG27, 2001 FE9[12][13]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.599203053107251 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Brazos Bend State Park, George Observatory[5][6]
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Time of discovery or invention
March 20, 2001[14]
Time of periapsis
2,461,368.9726343807 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Cherryh de (77185) Cherryh fa سیارک ۷۷۱۸۵ ja (77185) チェリイ ru 1998 TG27 ru 2001 FE9 ru (77185) 2001 FE9 uk 77185 Черриг zh 小行星77185
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
77185Cherryh-orbit.png ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0f79qv
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20077185
Minor Planet Center body ID
77185

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Summary

77185 Cherryh is an asteroid[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Don J. Wells[2], an astronomer[23], b. 1965[24], of United States[25]; Alex Cruz[3], an astronomer[26], b. 1950[27], of United States[28]; and George Observatory[4], an astronomical observatory[29], in United States[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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