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2023 Asaph

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q226112

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
2022 West[4]
Followed by
2024 McLaughlin[5]
Absolute magnitude
+11.7, +11.84[14][15]
Albedo
+0.096[34]
Apoapsis
+3.681, +3.680585882082418[25][26]
Argument of periapsis
+357.51065, +357.5196688721271[29][30]
Diameter
+19.678[33]
Discoverer or inventor
Indiana Asteroid Program[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[35]
Longitude of ascending node
+3.12893, +3.028385636887088[21][22]
Mean anomaly
+139.15217, +344.3149878117205[31][32]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Asaph Hall[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.28 (0.28–0.28, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
+22.35180, +22.33506332722233[16][17]
Orbital period
+4.88, +1784.745469055026[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.0704362, +2.078433893164521[27][28]
Provisional designation
1952 SA[8]
Rotation period
+89.2[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.8758318, +2.879509887623469[23][24]
Significant event
naming[10]
Site of astronomical discovery
Goethe Link Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
September 16, 1952[9]
Time of periapsis
+2461078.2604289865[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en 2023 Asaph en Asaph de (2023) Asaph el 2023 Έιζαφ fa سیارک ۲۰۲۳ ja アサフ ru (2023) 1952 SA ru 1952 SA ru (2023) Asaph ru (2023) Асаф ru Asaph ru Асаф uk 2023 Асаф zh 小行星2023
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0f5f44
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002023
Minor Planet Center body ID
2023
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Asaph"]

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Discoverer or inventor 1
Indiana Asteroid Program
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Asaph Hall
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Goethe Link Observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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.

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  1. 12d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    Rotation period → 89.2 hour
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → 2.875832 astronomical unit, 2.87951 astronomical unit
    Named after → Asaph Hall
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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