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2906 Caltech

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q150319

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2905 Plaskett[4]
Followed by
2907 Nekrasov[5]
Absolute magnitude
+10.1, +10.5[20][21]
Albedo
+0.051[40]
Apoapsis
+3.505, +3.495332301779353[31][32]
Argument of periapsis
+295.57629, +297.5063971726322[35][36]
Asteroid spectral type
X-type asteroid[15]
Diameter
+58.678[39]
Discoverer or inventor
Carolyn S. Shoemaker[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[41]
Longitude of ascending node
+84.42000, +84.37621373344014[27][28]
Mean anomaly
+249.47671, +306.9934976497656[37][38]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
California Institute of Technology[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1 (0.1–0.11, n=3)[17][18][19]
Orbital inclination
+30.68580, +30.67656485046043[22][23]
Orbital period
+5.65, +2059.743343606117[24][25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.8397773, +2.841026814155491[33][34]
Provisional designation
1957 KJ, 1957 MA, 1974 LC, 1976 YS2, 1983 AE2, 1983 CD[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Rotation period
+12.9937[26]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+3.1722883, +3.168179557967422[29][30]
Significant event
naming[16]
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Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
January 13, 1983[14]
Time of periapsis
+2461303.7771955105
🏷️ Also known as
en Caltech de (2906) Caltech el 2906 Καλτέκ fa سیارک ۲۹۰۶ ru 1983 AE2 ru 1983 CD ru (2906) 1983 AE2 ru 1974 LC ru 1957 KJ ru 1957 MA ru 1976 YS2 uk 2906 Калтех zh 小行星2906
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03hjtm_
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002906
Minor Planet Center body ID
2906

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  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.
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  13. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → 3.172288 astronomical unit, 3.16818 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 5.65 year, 2,059.743344 day
    Albedo → 0.051
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