8958 Stargazer
asteroid
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Summary
8958 Stargazer is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: John Broughton[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Reedy Creek Observatory[4]
- Follows: 8957 Koujounotsuki[5]
- Followed by: 8959 Oenanthe[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1050 T-1[9], 1977 QR3[10], 1977 RB20[11], 1991 YF2[12], 1998 FJ126[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 23, 1998[14]
- Significant event: naming[15]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.08[16], 0.0770074[17], 0.07700289173178897[18]
- Absolute magnitude: 13.3[19], 13.4[20], 13.42[21]
- Orbital inclination: 2.59963 degree[22], 2.596750791628776 degree[23]
- Orbital period: 4.45 years[24], 1626.065885351581 day[25]
- Rotation period: 15.991 hour[26]
- Longitude of ascending node: 343.25109 degree[27], 343.203976288512 degree[28]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.7058847 astronomical unit[29], 2.706199489194054 astronomical unit[30]
- Apoapsis: 2.914 astronomical unit[31], 2.914584675465086 astronomical unit[32]
- Periapsis: 2.4975116 astronomical unit[33], 2.497814302923022 astronomical unit[34]
- Argument of periapsis: 354.81204 degree[35], 352.9701136744887 degree[36]
- Mean anomaly: 136.37575 degree[37], 309.7391402689148 degree[38]
- Diameter: 6.016 km[39]
- Albedo: 0.256[40]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[41]
- Time of periapsis: 2461227.5207482697 Julian day[42]
Why It Matters
8958 Stargazer is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]