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4580 Child

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q249722

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4579 Puccini[5]
Followed by
4581 Asclepius[6]
Absolute magnitude
12.2, 12.26[17][18]
Apoapsis
2.908 au, 2.913450111690445 au
Argument of periapsis
15.16973°, 14.76509409737302°
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
169.54648°, 169.4315001239993°
Mean anomaly
284.50126°, 209.1484235310049°
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Jack B. Child[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.11 (0.1–0.11, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
13.89271°, 13.91059296330598°[19][20]
Orbital period
4.29 year, 1,563.716808464201 day[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.3684254 au, 2.359695702582901 au
Provisional designation
1978 TW6, 1978 VG14, 1989 EF[9][10][11]
Rotation period
4.1814 h[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.6384104 au, 2.636572907136673 au
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
March 4, 1989[12]
Time of periapsis
2,461,655.7476269663 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Child de (4580) Child fa ۴۵۸۰ بچه ja チャイルド ru (4580) Чилд ru Чилд ru 1989 EF ru 1978 TW6 ru 1978 VG14 ru (4580) 1989 EF uk 4580 Чайлд zh 小行星4580
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y16yh
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004580
Minor Planet Center body ID
4580

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Summary

4580 Child is an asteroid[1].

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. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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