(26098) 1989 AN3
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Summary
(26098) 1989 AN3 is an asteroid[1]. (26098) 1989 AN3 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Robert H. McNaught[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Siding Spring Observatory[4]
- Follows: 26097 Kamishi[5]
- Followed by: (26099) 1989 WH[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1989 AN3[9]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 4, 1989[10]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.15[11], 0.1488265[12], 0.148490102875044[13]
- Absolute magnitude: 14.2[14], 14.36[15]
- Orbital inclination: 5.30149 degree[16], 5.300762705988242 degree[17]
- Orbital period: 3.45 years[18], 1259.49664546192 day[19]
- Rotation period: 2.42 hour[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 117.49796 degree[21], 117.4551675308746 degree[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.2823279 astronomical unit[23], 2.2824383659168 astronomical unit[24]
- Apoapsis: 2.622 astronomical unit[25], 2.621357873677733 astronomical unit[26]
- Periapsis: 1.9426570 astronomical unit[27], 1.943518858155867 astronomical unit[28]
- Argument of periapsis: 293.53341 degree[29], 293.3939000200071 degree[30]
- Mean anomaly: 223.16079 degree[31], 303.7125348342635 degree[32]
- Diameter: 3.512 km[33]
- Albedo: 0.360[34]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[35]
- Time of periapsis: 2461197.4274265496 Julian day[36]
Why It Matters
(26098) 1989 AN3 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]