28468 Shichangxu
main-belt minor planet
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Summary
28468 Shichangxu is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Xinglong Station[4]
- Follows: 28467 Maurentejamie[5]
- Followed by: (28469) 2000 BU8[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1998 XK69[9], 2000 AG246[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 12, 2000[11]
- Significant event: naming[12]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.06[13], 0.0601111[14], 0.06257314223151501[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 13.7[16], 13.88[17]
- Orbital inclination: 9.72850 degree[18], 9.729836627590965 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 4.15 years[20], 1514.253136711231 day[21]
- Rotation period: 4.595 hour[22]
- Longitude of ascending node: 26.31325 degree[23], 26.2550999918853 degree[24]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.5813245 astronomical unit[25], 2.580675329199345 astronomical unit[26]
- Apoapsis: 2.736 astronomical unit[27], 2.742156293626697 astronomical unit[28]
- Periapsis: 2.4261582 astronomical unit[29], 2.419194364771993 astronomical unit[30]
- Argument of periapsis: 218.74301 degree[31], 220.3626935365024 degree[32]
- Mean anomaly: 165.72329 degree[33], 14.50663027030082 degree[34]
- Diameter: 4.602 km[35]
- Albedo: 0.332[36]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[37]
- Time of periapsis: 2460939.481360028 Julian day[38]
Why It Matters
28468 Shichangxu is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]