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842 Kerstin

outer main-belt asteroid
Place Asteroid Q601282

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
841 Arabella[4]
Followed by
843 Nicolaia[5]
Absolute magnitude
10.63[14]
Albedo
0.051[26]
Apoapsis
3.614402400274583[21]
Argument of periapsis
353.2259893589383[23]
Diameter
43.576[25]
Discoverer or inventor
Max Wolf[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[27]
Longitude of ascending node
5.365724721143884[19]
Mean anomaly
327.8197385890351[24]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt, outer asteroid belt[6][7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1155513036312876[13]
Orbital inclination
14.596, 14.49078633780491[15][16]
Orbital period
2130.192531765588[17]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.865626601545698[22]
Provisional designation
1916 AM, A916 TB[9][10]
Rotation period
18.716[18]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.240014500910141[20]
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 1, 1916[11]
Time of periapsis
2461190.9170903554[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en (842) Kerstin en Kerstin en 842 Kerstin de 842 Kerstin el 842 Κέρστιν fa سیارک ۸۴۲ fr 842 Kerstin fr Kerstin ja ケルスティン pt (842) Kerstin ru 1916 AM ru (842) 1916 AM ru (842) Kerstin ru (842) Керстин ru A916AM ru Kerstin ru Керстин uk 842 Керстін zh 小行星842
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/08m7vq
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000842
Minor Planet Center body ID
842

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Max Wolf
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
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

842 Kerstin 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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