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8088 Australia

main-belt asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q1189568

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
8087 Kazutaka[6]
Followed by
8089 Yukar[7]
Absolute magnitude
14.3 (14–14.3, n=3)[22][23][24]
Albedo
0.268
Apoapsis
2.637 astronomical unit, 2.636272955657898 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
210.47061 degree, 210.4728138182624 degree
Diameter
4.07 km
Discoverer or inventor
Galina Richardovna Kastel, Lyudmila Zhuravlyova[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
169.16085 degree, 169.1178598224117 degree
Mean anomaly
79.30998 degree, 42.49057528908351 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Australia[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.15 (0.15–0.15, n=3)[19][20][21]
Orbital inclination
3.52446 degree, 3.526374387848065 degree[25]
Orbital period
3.46 year, 1,264.940273898914 day
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
1.9400235 astronomical unit, 1.941747453841246 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1983 RG8, 1987 WA2, 1988 AS, 1990 SL27, 1990 SV28, 1990 TD15, 1990 TX15[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Rotation period
2.76999 hour
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2886216 astronomical unit, 2.289010204749572 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[18]
Site of astronomical discovery
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory[4]
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Time of discovery or invention
September 23, 1990[17]
Time of periapsis
2,460,851.199889044 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Australia de (8088) Australia de 1990 SL27 fa سیارک ۸۰۸۸ fa سیارک 8088 ru 1990 TX15 ru (8088) 1990 SL27 ru (8088) Австралия ru Австралия ru 1990 SV28 ru 1983 RG8 ru 1987 WA2 ru 1988 AS ru 1990 TD15 uk 8088 Australia uk 8088 Австралія zh 小行星8088
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y0w6w
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008088
Minor Planet Center body ID
8088

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Summary

8088 Australia is an asteroid[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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