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8722 Schirra

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q956589

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
8721 AMOS[5]
Followed by
8723 Azumayama[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.2 (14–14.2, n=3)[17][18][19]
Albedo
0.213
Apoapsis
3.104 astronomical unit, 3.103433236968338 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
49.06945 degree, 49.03157222053404 degree
Diameter
4.781 km
Discoverer or inventor
Richard G. Davis[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
324.16820 degree, 324.1328387802428 degree[25]
Mean anomaly
41.55771 degree, 323.2788436805214 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Wally Schirra[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.3 (0.3–0.3, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
5.84194 degree, 5.839858701392763 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
3.69 year, 1,346.95518631419 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.6699616 astronomical unit, 1.67039155575009 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1948 RC, 1985 TV3, 1996 QU1[9][10][11]
Rotation period
2.30526 hour[24]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3867573 astronomical unit, 2.386912396359214 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Granville[3]
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Time of discovery or invention
August 19, 1996[12]
Time of periapsis
2,461,137.893755422 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Schirra de 1996 QU1 de (8722) Schirra fa سیارک ۸۷۲۲ ru 1948 RC ru 1985 TV3 ru (8722) 1996 QU1 uk 8722 Шірра zh 小行星8722
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03yg7nh
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008722
Minor Planet Center body ID
8722

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Summary

8722 Schirra 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] ↑ . 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. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . 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.
  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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