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8131 Scanlon

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q1191570

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25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
8130 Seeberg[3]
Followed by
8132 Vitginzburg[4]
Absolute magnitude
12.8 (12.7–12.8, n=3)[17][18][19]
Albedo
+0.357[38]
Apoapsis
+3.088, +3.086149427800166[29][30]
Argument of periapsis
+34.33298, +34.18755789195735[33][34]
Diameter
+6.418[37]
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[39]
Longitude of ascending node
+344.52277, +344.4821456716244[25][26]
Mean anomaly
+113.43358, +329.1068595513466[35][36]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.2, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+7.35689, +7.35583324999174[20][21]
Orbital period
+4.11, +1501.698439808379[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+2.0424898, +2.046633102427298[31][32]
Provisional designation
1970 EN3, 1972 RR1, 1972 TN6, 1976 SC, 1995 GK[7][8][9][10][11]
Rotation period
+7.17602[24]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.5650910, +2.566391265113732[27][28]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
September 27, 1976[12]
Time of periapsis
+2461129.367168924[40]
🏷️ Also known as
en 8131 Scanlon en Scanlon de (8131) Scanlon fa سیارک 8131 fa سیارک ۸۱۳۱ ru (8131) 1976 SC ru Scanlon ru 1972 TN6 ru 1970 EN3 ru 1972 RR1 ru 1976 SC ru 1995 GK uk 8131 Scanlon uk 8131 Скенлон zh 小行星8131
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03yg6wy
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008131
Minor Planet Center body ID
8131

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Discoverer or inventor 1
Eleanor F. Helin
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
8132 Vitginzburg
Followed by (predecessor) 1
8132 Vitginzburg
Follows 1
8130 Seeberg
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
8130 Seeberg
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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