2834 Christy Carol
asteroid
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Summary
2834 Christy Carol is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Carolyn S. Shoemaker[3], Schelte J. Bus[4]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[5]
- Follows: 2833 Radishchev[6]
- Followed by: 2835 Ryoma[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1929 AL[10], 1950 LK[11], 1958 HG[12], 1964 UH[13], 1966 FD[14], 1972 TY[15], 1980 TB4[16]
- Time of discovery or invention: October 9, 1980[17]
- Asteroid spectral type: S-type asteroid[18]
- Significant event: naming[19]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.16[20], 0.1584451[21], 0.1614336543860066[22]
- Absolute magnitude: 11.8[23], 12.03[24]
- Orbital inclination: 6.43445 degree[25], 6.433211704805446 degree[26]
- Orbital period: 4.05 years[27], 1478.258691850593 day[28]
- Rotation period: 12.79 hour[29]
- Longitude of ascending node: 208.55698 degree[30], 208.3379519815661 degree[31]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.5419784 astronomical unit[32], 2.539615737092963 astronomical unit[33]
- Apoapsis: 2.945 astronomical unit[34], 2.949595186268092 astronomical unit[35]
- Periapsis: 2.1392145 astronomical unit[36], 2.129636287917834 astronomical unit[37]
- Argument of periapsis: 279.24342 degree[38], 279.9028332623178 degree[39]
- Mean anomaly: 84.38663 degree[40], 307.9758416460236 degree[41]
- Diameter: 11.417 km[42]
- Albedo: 0.237[43]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[44]
- Time of periapsis: 2461214.1254563136 Julian day[45]
Why It Matters
2834 Christy Carol is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]