(37837) 1998 CA2
minor planet
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Summary
(37837) 1998 CA2 is an asteroid[1]. (37837) 1998 CA2 has Wikipedia articles in 5 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: 37836 Simoneterreni[5]
- Followed by: (37838) 1998 DF[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1998 CA2[9], 2000 SC219[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: February 9, 1998[11]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.16[12], 0.1561327[13], 0.1594137199611381[14]
- Absolute magnitude: 14.3[15], 14.39[16]
- Orbital inclination: 15.15370 degree[17], 15.13996345506926 degree[18]
- Orbital period: 4.17 years[19], 1519.835614740804 day[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 64.28721 degree[21], 64.18164937794539 degree[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.5891075 astronomical unit[23], 2.587014087022716 astronomical unit[24]
- Apoapsis: 2.993 astronomical unit[25], 2.999419626226874 astronomical unit[26]
- Periapsis: 2.1848631 astronomical unit[27], 2.174608547818558 astronomical unit[28]
- Argument of periapsis: 88.25993 degree[29], 88.45537631088187 degree[30]
- Mean anomaly: 320.58567 degree[31], 263.1246546328052 degree[32]
- Diameter: 3.594 km[33]
- Albedo: 0.377[34]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[35]
- Time of periapsis: 2461409.4850002206 Julian day[36]
Why It Matters
(37837) 1998 CA2 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]