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426 Hippo

main-belt asteroid
Place Asteroid Q153228

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
425 Cornelia[5]
Followed by
427 Galene[6]
Absolute magnitude
8.56[15]
Albedo
0.047, 0.04
Apoapsis
3.194451488886244
Argument of periapsis
221.3802026388574
Asteroid spectral type
F-type asteroid[12]
Diameter
137.562
Discoverer or inventor
Auguste Charlois[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
311.3081287178466[20]
Mean anomaly
211.3687931739467
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Hippo Regius[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1065754334263703[14]
Orbital inclination
19.4779, 19.50207272631859[16][17]
Orbital period
1791.518660718657[18]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.579129583657596
Provisional designation
1897 DH, A897 RA[9][10]
Rotation period
67.52[19]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.886790536271921
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Nice Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
August 25, 1897[11]
Time of periapsis
2461740.154390539
🏷️ Also known as
en (426) Hippo en Hippo en 426 Hippo de 426 Hippo el 426 Ιππών fa سیارک ۴۲۶ fr 426 Hippo fr Hippo it 1897 DH ja ヒッポ ru 1897 DH ru (426) 1897 DH ru (426) Hippo ru (426) Гиппон ru A897DH ru Hippo ru Гиппон uk 426 Гіппо zh 小行星426
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Orbit of 426 Hippo.gif ↗
Freebase ID
/m/059y8c
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000426
Minor Planet Center body ID
426

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🔗 Connections
Asteroid spectral type 1
F-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Auguste Charlois
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
427 Galene
Followed by (predecessor) 1
427 Galene
Follows 1
425 Cornelia
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Hippo Regius
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
425 Cornelia
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Nice Observatory
← SNARC ID 1
Alice de Lacy, 3rd Countess of Lincoln
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Summary

426 Hippo is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Auguste Charlois

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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