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4179 Toutatis

Near-Earth Asteroid
Intangible Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Q152907
4179 Toutatis
Steve Ostro, JPL · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

33 properties
Instance of
potentially hazardous asteroid, near-Earth object, near-Earth asteroid[3][4]
Follows
4178 Mimeev[8]
Followed by
4180 Anaxagoras[9]
Absolute magnitude
+15.30, +15.29[23][24]
Albedo
+0.13, +0.405
Apoapsis
+4.135, +4.13176317135645[38][39]
Apparent magnitude
+8.8, +22.4[21][22]
Argument of periapsis
+278.58229, +277.8613313137313
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[16]
Density
+2.1[28]
Diameter
+5.4, +3.35
Discoverer or inventor
Christian Pollas[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T102226Z
Longitude of ascending node
+124.60820, +125.3653430475722[34][35]
Mass
+50000000000000[29]
Mean anomaly
+117.05278, +76.89343773300793
Minor planet group
Apollo asteroid, asteroid belt[10][11]
Named after
Teutates[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.62 (0.62–0.64, n=3)[18][19][20]
Orbital inclination
0.45 (0.45–0.45, n=3)[25][26][27]
Orbital period
+4.04, +1481.240624993748[31][32]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[12]
Periapsis
+0.9420014, +0.9542965353863627
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Provisional designation
1934 CT, 1989 AC[13][14]
Rotation period
+176.0[33]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.5383010, +2.543029853371406[36][37]
Significant event
naming[17]
Site of astronomical discovery
Côte d'Azur Observatory, Caussols[5][6]
Surface gravity
+0.001
Temperature
+174[30]
Time of discovery or invention
January 4, 1989[15]
Time of periapsis
+2460684.1175450957
🏷️ Also known as
en Toutatis en 4179 Toutatis ar 4179 توتاتيس ar ٤١٧٩ توتاتيس da 4179 Teutatis de (4179) Toutatis fa سیارک ۴۱۷۹ he 4179 טוטאטיס ja トータティス ko 4179 토타티스 ru 1934 CT ru 1989 AC ru (4179) 1989 AC ru (4179) Toutatis ru (4179) Таутатис ru Toutatis ru Таутатис uk 4179 Тоутатіс zh 小行星4179
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2001006391
Bing entity ID
05484dec-e2a2-c9b2-392a-fca8a0e8a477
Fandom article ID
thesolarsystem:4179_Toutatis
Freebase ID
/m/0cq4s
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
tutatis
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0282528
J9U entity ID
987007542144405171
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004179
Minor Planet Center body ID
4179
NAIF ID
2004179
Namuwiki ID
투타티스

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
near-Earth object, near-Earth asteroid, potentially hazardous asteroid
Minor planet group 2
asteroid belt, Apollo asteroid
Site of astronomical discovery 2
Caussols, Côte d'Azur Observatory
Asteroid spectral type 1
S-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Christian Pollas
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Vicente
← SNARC ID 1
Ian Paisley Jr
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Summary

4179 Toutatis is a potentially hazardous asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Caussols

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. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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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  1. 29d ago · ~2026-54372-36 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbit diagram → Animation of 4179 Toutatis's orbit around Sun.gif
    "Created claim: Orbit diagram: Animation of 4179 Toutatis's orbit around Sun.gif"
  2. 17w ago · SevenSpheres · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Surface gravity → {'unit': 'Q39699418', 'amount': '+0.001'}
    Instance of → potentially hazardous asteroid, near-Earth object, near-Earth asteroid
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+278.58229'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+277.8613313137313'}
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+50000000000000'}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Image: Asteroid 4179 Toutatis close-up.jpg"
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