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7983 Festin

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q670591

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
7982 Timmartin[5]
Followed by
7984 Marius[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.2, 14.42[17][18]
Apoapsis
2.244, 2.245049836744073
Argument of periapsis
277.83542, 278.3411364185794
Discoverer or inventor
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
320.88815, 320.7130526947262
Mean anomaly
287.74738, 76.03934035564588
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.04 (0.04–0.04, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
1.89657, 1.895090615694325[19][20]
Orbital period
3.18, 1160.348151438719[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.0777479, 2.07700149823286
Provisional designation
1978 TS6, 1980 FY, 1983 CE5[9][10][11]
Rotation period
5.562[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.1607913, 2.161025667488467
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
European Southern Observatory, La Silla Observatory[3][4]
Time of discovery or invention
March 16, 1980[12]
Time of periapsis
2460755.41081106
🏷️ Also known as
en Festin en 7983 Festin de (7983) Festin fa سیارک ۷۹۸۳ ru Festin ru 1980 FY ru 1978 TS6 ru 1983 CE5 ru (7983) 1980 FY uk 7983 Фестин zh 小行星7983
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y24ck
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20007983
Minor Planet Center body ID
7983

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🔗 Connections
Site of astronomical discovery 2
European Southern Observatory, La Silla Observatory
Discoverer or inventor 1
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
7982 Timmartin
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
7982 Timmartin
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Summary

7983 Festin is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

European Southern Observatory

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. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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