(32771) 1985 RK3
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Summary
(32771) 1985 RK3 is an asteroid[1]. (32771) 1985 RK3 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Henri Debehogne[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: La Silla Observatory[4]
- Follows: 32770 Starchik[5]
- Followed by: (32772) 1986 JL[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1962 UG[9], 1985 RK3[10], 2000 LU13[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 6, 1985[12]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.24[13], 0.2437024[14], 0.2430507079013302[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 14.5[16], 14.45[17]
- Orbital inclination: 10.54196 degree[18], 10.53919471894383 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 3.86 years[20], 1408.571466548521 day[21]
- Longitude of ascending node: 170.46345 degree[22], 170.2879726799816 degree[23]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.4591504 astronomical unit[24], 2.459161059296648 astronomical unit[25]
- Apoapsis: 3.058 astronomical unit[26], 3.056861895602084 astronomical unit[27]
- Periapsis: 1.8598495 astronomical unit[28], 1.861460222991213 astronomical unit[29]
- Argument of periapsis: 203.73151 degree[30], 203.9423189185839 degree[31]
- Mean anomaly: 141.90048 degree[32], 136.8474472605371 degree[33]
- Diameter: 3.392 km[34]
- Albedo: 0.267[35]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[36]
- Time of periapsis: 2460465.0571958856 Julian day[37]
Why It Matters
(32771) 1985 RK3 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]