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3554 Amun

asteroid
Place asteroid Q151821
3554 Amun
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Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid, near-Earth object[4]
More facts +26
Follows
3553 Mera[7]
Followed by
3555 Miyasaka[8]
Absolute magnitude
+15.82, +15.91[18][19]
Albedo
+0.135, +0.074
Apoapsis
+1.247, +1.247270920614478[31][32]
Argument of periapsis
+359.41467, +359.4140837506822[35][36]
Diameter
+3.341[39]
Discoverer or inventor
Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+358.62349, +358.5977964295915[27][28]
Mass
+16[23]
Mean anomaly
+285.47628, +276.7141507266576[37][38]
Minor planet group
Aten asteroid, asteroid belt[9][10]
Named after
Amun[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.28 (0.28–0.28, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
23.4 (23.4–23.4, n=3)[20][21][22]
Orbital period
+0.96, +351.0945808281836[24][25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[11]
Periapsis
+0.7006124, +0.7006909952967992[33][34]
Provisional designation
1986 EB[12]
Rotation period
+2.53001[26]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+0.9736428, +0.9739809579556387[29][30]
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[5]
Time of discovery or invention
March 4, 1986[13]
Time of periapsis
+2461081.7255842765
🏷️ Also known as
en 3554 Amun en (3554) Amun en Amun ar 3554 أمون fa سیارک ۳۵۵۴ fr (3554) Amon fr (3554) Amun ja アムン pt (3554) Amun ru 1986 EB ru (3554) 1986 EB ru (3554) Amun ru (3554) Амон ru Amun ru Амон zh 小行星3554
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03m0d8
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20003554
Minor Planet Center body ID
3554

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Instance of 2
asteroid, near-Earth object
Minor planet group 2
asteroid belt, Aten asteroid
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
3553 Mera
Named after 1
Amun
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
3553 Mera
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

3554 Amun is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Carolyn S. Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461081.7255842765'}
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