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9344 Klopstock

asteroid
Place asteroid Q64619

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
(9343) 1991 PO11[5]
Followed by
(9345) 1991 RA10[6]
Absolute magnitude
+14.2, +14.36[16][17]
Albedo
+0.0116[36]
Apoapsis
+2.572, +2.573090386890272[27][28]
Argument of periapsis
+156.69759, +156.12137468878[31][32]
Diameter
+17.05[35]
Discoverer or inventor
Freimut Börngen, Lutz D. Schmadel[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[37]
Longitude of ascending node
+340.37561, +340.2226604164181[23][24]
Mean anomaly
+90.79977, +22.12894972445059[33][34]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.09 (0.09–0.09, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
+5.02837, +5.032130228664715[18][19]
Orbital period
+3.64, +1327.619301442477[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.1580409, +2.154938081993475[29][30]
Provisional designation
1991 RB4, 1995 WK2[9][10]
Rotation period
+5.842[22]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3651173, +2.364014234441874[25][26]
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 12, 1991[11]
Time of periapsis
+2460918.8921645144[38]
🏷️ Also known as
en 9344 Klopstock en Klopstock en 1991 RB4 de (9344) Klopstock fa سیارک 9344 fa سیارک ۹۳۴۴ ru Клопшток ru (9344) 1991 RB4 ru 1991 RB4 ru 1995 WK2 ru (9344) Klopstock ru (9344) Клопшток ru Klopstock uk 9344 Klopstock uk 9344 Клопсток zh 小行星9344
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y5xjh
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20009344
Minor Planet Center body ID
9344

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Freimut Börngen, Lutz D. Schmadel
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(9345) 1991 RA10
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(9345) 1991 RA10
Follows 1
(9343) 1991 PO11
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(9343) 1991 PO11
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
← SNARC ID 1
John Britton
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Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · AbzalM · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.02837'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.032130228664715'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.572'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.573090386890272'}
    Discoverer or inventor → Freimut Börngen, Lutz D. Schmadel
    Site of astronomical discovery → Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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