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9377 Metz

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q653083

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
9376 Thionville[5]
Followed by
9378 Nancy-Lorraine[6]
Absolute magnitude
13.4 (13.2–13.4, n=3)[16][17][18]
Apoapsis
3.150 astronomical unit, 3.135278100804038 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
327.30002 degree, 328.8597699276336 degree
Different from
Metz[19]
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
332.69029 degree, 332.4865796714047 degree[24][25]
Mean anomaly
287.44115 degree, 93.49780866963066 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Metz[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.04 (0.04–0.05, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
2.17996 degree, 2.180442365409887 degree[20][21]
Orbital period
5.24 year, 1,909.640912186411 day[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.8831726 astronomical unit, 2.889376933664867 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1991 EL5, 1993 PJ7[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.0163490 astronomical unit, 3.012327517234453 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Côte d'Azur Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
August 15, 1993[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,504.5354426797 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en 1993 PJ7 en Metz de (9377) Metz fa سیارک ۹۳۷۷ ja メッツ ja 9377 メッツ ru 1991 EL5 ru (9377) 1993 PJ7 uk 9377 Мец zh 小行星9377
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7fwz
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20009377
Minor Planet Center body ID
9377

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Summary

9377 Metz 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. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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