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78816 Caripito

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q2711367

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
(78815) 2003 PN6[6]
Followed by
1995 WV37[7]
Absolute magnitude
15.4, 15.53[15][16]
Albedo
0.052
Apoapsis
3.836230489836589 astronomical unit[23]
Argument of periapsis
86.4 degree, 87.16147445501329 degree
Diameter
5.328 km
Discoverer or inventor
Joseph A. Dellinger[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Jpl small body database spk id
20078816
Longitude of ascending node
278.3 degree, 277.8963986561697 degree[20][21]
Mean anomaly
21.1 degree, 331.4227053427462 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Caripito[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.23, 0.2182376085919055[13][14]
Orbital inclination
5.6 degree, 5.634173156105633 degree[17][18]
Orbital period
2,041.067944434532 day[19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
2.4617699376345 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
2003 PZ9[10]
Semi major axis of an orbit
3.149000213735544
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.149000213735544 astronomical unit[22]
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Brazos Bend State Park, George Observatory[3][4]
Time of discovery or invention
August 4, 2003[11]
Time of periapsis
2,461,162.5227779546 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en 78816 Caripito en Caripito de (78816) Caripito fa سیارک 78816 fa سیارک ۷۸۸۱۶ ru 2003 PZ9 ru (78816) 2003 PZ9 ru Caripito uk 78816 Caripito uk 78816 Каріпіто zh 小行星78816
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03w9x3g
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20078816
Minor Planet Center body ID
78816

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Site of astronomical discovery 2
George Observatory, Brazos Bend State Park
Discoverer or inventor 1
Joseph A. Dellinger
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Caripito
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

78816 Caripito is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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