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78578 Donpettit

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1125971

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
78577 JPL[4]
Followed by
2002 SV4[5]
Absolute magnitude
+16.5, +16.62[13][14]
Apoapsis
+2.677648617528659[21]
Argument of periapsis
+93.3, +95.9827335048582[23]
Discoverer or inventor
Robert Matson[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+178.4, +178.3285114526439[18][19]
Mean anomaly
+100.6, +283.0641082268382
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.04, +0.03927413269339585[11][12]
Orbital inclination
+3.0, +3.044183705103383[15][16]
Orbital period
+1510.544859231002[17]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.475272124545872[22]
Provisional designation
2002 RM233[8]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.576460371037265[20]
Significant event
naming[10]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 14, 2002[9]
Time of periapsis
+2461323.319766134
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y1gsj
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20078578
Minor Planet Center body ID
78578

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Robert Matson
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
78577 JPL
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
78577 JPL
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

78578 Donpettit is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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