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3122 Florence

asteroid
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3122 Florence
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Facts

28 properties
Instance of
potentially hazardous object, near-Earth object, potentially hazardous asteroid, near-Earth asteroid[3][4][5]
Follows
3121 Tamines[8]
Followed by
3123 Dunham[9]
Absolute magnitude
14.1 (14.1–14.2, n=3)
Albedo
0.231
Apoapsis
2.52 (2.52–376.4M, n=3)
Apparent magnitude
9.14
Argument of periapsis
27.9 (27.7–27.9, n=3)
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[16]
Diameter
4.4, 4.9
Discoverer or inventor
Schelte J. Bus[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
336 (336–336.1, n=3)
Mean anomaly
168.3 (41–242.9, n=3)
Minor planet group
Amor asteroid, asteroid belt[10][11]
Named after
Florence Nightingale[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.42 (0.42–0.42, n=3)[18][19]
Orbital inclination
22.1 (22.1–22.2, n=3)
Orbital period
859.3 (2.35–859.3, n=3)
Parent astronomical body
Sun[12]
Periapsis
1.02 (1.02–152.7M, n=3)
Provisional designation
1981 ET3, 1983 CN1[13][14]
Rotation period
2.3581
Semi-major axis of an orbit
1.77 (1.77–264.6M, n=3)
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Significant event
naming[17]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[6]
Time of discovery or invention
March 2, 1981[15]
Time of periapsis
2460598.8783435235
🏷️ Also known as
en Florence en 3122 Florence ar 3122 فلورنس ar ٣١٢٢ فلورنس da (3122) Florence el 3122 Φλόρενς fa ۳۱۲۲ فلورانس he 1981 ET3 he 3122 Florence he פלורנס ja フローレンス ko 3122 플로렌스 ru 1981 ET3 ru 1983 CN1 ru (3122) 1981 ET3 ru (3122) Florence ru (3122) Флоренс ru Florence ru Флоренс uk 3122 Флоренс
🔖 Identifiers · 7
BabelNet ID
00881171n
Bing entity ID
2ebb0828-16fa-7b88-6918-c8b2b7ca1b11
Fandom article ID
thesolarsystem:3122_Florence
Freebase ID
/m/03y26t9
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20003122
Minor Planet Center body ID
3122
SpaceReference.org celestial object ID
asteroid/3122-florence-1981-et3

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
near-Earth object, near-Earth asteroid, potentially hazardous object, potentially hazardous asteroid
Minor planet group 2
asteroid belt, Amor asteroid
Asteroid spectral type 1
S-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Schelte J. Bus
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Named after 1
Florence Nightingale
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Siding Spring Observatory
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Summary

3122 Florence is a potentially hazardous object[1].

Related Entities

Florence Nightingale

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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