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8588 Avosetta

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q736983

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
8587 Ruficollis[7]
Followed by
8589 Stellaris[8]
Absolute magnitude
14.8 (14.6–14.8, n=3)[18][19][20]
Apoapsis
2.358 astronomical unit, 2.357770947851075 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
237.54428 degree, 237.6172959321597 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels[2][3][4]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
196.90308 degree, 196.8421347726148 degree[25]
Mean anomaly
104.38040 degree, 222.6875825418479 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[9]
Named after
Pied Avocet[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.07 (0.07–0.07, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
7.53812 degree, 7.535305425163829 degree[21][22]
Orbital period
3.29 year, 1,202.465115964907 day[23][24]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
2.0680117 astronomical unit, 2.068242221938226 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1993 TU18, 4025 P-L[11][12]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2128298 astronomical unit, 2.213006584894651 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[5]
Time of discovery or invention
September 24, 1960[13]
Time of periapsis
2,461,459.148311062 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Avosetta de 4025 P-L de (8588) Avosetta fa سیارک ۸۵۸۸ ru 1993 TU18 ru (8588) 4025 P-L ru PLS4025 uk 8588 Авозетта zh 小行星8588
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y0wcp
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008588
Minor Planet Center body ID
8588

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Summary

8588 Avosetta is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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