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838 Seraphina

main-belt asteroid
Place Asteroid Q157351

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
837 Schwarzschilda[4]
Followed by
839 Valborg[5]
Absolute magnitude
10.28[15]
Albedo
0.048
Apoapsis
3.278414117954835[22]
Argument of periapsis
117.887266752646
Asteroid spectral type
P-type asteroid[12]
Diameter
58.095
Discoverer or inventor
Max Wolf[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
240.0152811686678[20]
Mean anomaly
53.72092161885169
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1308354687616309[14]
Orbital inclination
10.414, 10.42207652930747[16][17]
Orbital period
1802.997029517554[18]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.519801817993833
Provisional designation
1916 AH, 2019 FC5, A916 SL[8][9][10]
Rotation period
11.69[19]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.899107967974334[21]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 24, 1916[11]
Time of periapsis
2460731.4481608286
🏷️ Also known as
en (838) Seraphina en Seraphina en 838 Seraphina de 838 Seraphina el 838 Σεραφίνα fa سیارک ۸۳۸ fr 838 Seraphina fr Seraphina ja セラフィナ pt (838) Seraphina ru 1916 AH ru (838) 1916 AH ru (838) Seraphina ru (838) Серафина ru A916AH ru Seraphina ru Серафина uk 838 Серафіна zh 小行星838
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/08m7sj
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000838
Minor Planet Center body ID
838

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🔗 Connections
Asteroid spectral type 1
P-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Max Wolf
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
837 Schwarzschilda
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
837 Schwarzschilda
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
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Summary

838 Seraphina 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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