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837 Schwarzschilda

main-belt asteroid
Place Asteroid Q157348

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
836 Jole[5]
Followed by
838 Seraphina[6]
Absolute magnitude
+12.5[16]
Albedo
+0.467[28]
Apoapsis
+2.39326073403423[23]
Argument of periapsis
+173.7623695332713[25]
Diameter
+5.968[27]
Discoverer or inventor
Max Wolf[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[29]
Longitude of ascending node
+199.9169892075997[21]
Mean anomaly
+102.8687869054256[26]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Karl Schwarzschild[4]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.04105242632806558[15]
Orbital inclination
+6.729, +6.735929717624026[17][18]
Orbital period
+1273.135268049047[19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.204511046731102[24]
Provisional designation
1916 AG, 1951 TB, 1965 VJ, A916 SK[9][10][11][12]
Rotation period
+103.432[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.298885890382666[22]
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 23, 1916[13]
Time of periapsis
+2460636.705887248
🏷️ Also known as
en 837 Schwarzschilda en (837) Schwarzschilda en Schwarzschilda de 837 Schwarzschilda el 837 Σβαρτσίλδη fa سیارک ۸۳۷ fr 837 Schwarzschilda fr Schwarzschilda ja シュヴァルツシルダ pt (837) Schwarzschilda ru 1916 AG ru 1951 TB ru 1965 VJ ru (837) 1916 AG ru (837) Schwarzschilda ru (837) Шварцшильда ru A916AG ru Schwarzschilda ru Шварцшильда uk 837 Шварцшільда
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
000837-asteroid shape model (837) Schwarzschilda.png ↗
Freebase ID
/m/08m7s4
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000837
Minor Planet Center body ID
837

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Max Wolf
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
838 Seraphina
Followed by (predecessor) 1
838 Seraphina
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
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Summary

837 Schwarzschilda is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Max Wolf

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 2.204511 astronomical unit
    Absolute magnitude → 12.5
    Rotation period → 103.432 hour
    Apoapsis → 2.393261 astronomical unit
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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