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8589 Stellaris

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q1193545

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
8588 Avosetta[7]
Followed by
8590 Pygargus[8]
Absolute magnitude
14.7, 14.83[18][19]
Apoapsis
2.364 astronomical unit, 2.363178383741212 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
51.62919 degree, 51.71772815108793 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels[2][3][4]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
340.26395 degree, 340.1465728228687 degree
Mean anomaly
175.93886 degree, 298.4349377393278 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[9]
Named after
Eurasian Bittern[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.07 (0.07–0.07, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
3.18543 degree, 3.182820966976808 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
3.28 year, 1,196.435566102877 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
2.0482341 astronomical unit, 2.048026750256065 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1986 QM2, 4068 P-L[11][12]
Rotation period
5.37 hour
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2060356 astronomical unit, 2.205602566998639 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
2,461,205.1073058834 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Stellaris de (8589) Stellaris de 4068 P-L fa سیارک 8589 fa سیارک ۸۵۸۹ ru (8589) 4068 P-L ru 1986 QM2 ru PLS4068 uk 8589 Stellaris uk 8589 Стелларіс uk (8589) Стелларіс zh 小行星8589
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03ygtb1
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008589
Minor Planet Center body ID
8589

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Summary

8589 Stellaris is an asteroid[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Cornelis Johannes van Houten[2], an astronomer[24], 1920–2002[25], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[26], specialised in astronomy[27]; Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[3], an astronomer[28], 1921–2015[29], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[30], specialised in astronomy[31]; and Tom Gehrels[4], an astronomer[32], 1925–2011[33], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[34], awarded the Masursky Award[35], specialised in astronomy[36].

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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