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49 Pales

main-belt asteroid
Place asteroid Q154818

Facts

28 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +27
Follows
48 Doris[6]
Followed by
50 Virginia[7]
Absolute magnitude
8.0[21]
Albedo
0.06, 0.048
Apoapsis
3.784203932114052
Argument of periapsis
113.4523221623414
Asteroid spectral type
C-type asteroid[17]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia[20]
Diameter
166.252
Discoverer or inventor
Hermann Goldschmidt[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
284.9870614486661
Mean anomaly
312.9596732724305
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Pales[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2214743523819258[19]
Orbital inclination
3.18, 3.20165555656204
Orbital period
1991.744823998575
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
2.411921143676032
Provisional designation
1947 FG, 1950 XJ, 1954 MF, 1988 VU7, A908 AF, A857 SB[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Rotation period
20.705
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.098062537895042
Significant event
naming[18]
Site of astronomical discovery
Latin Quarter, Paris Observatory, PSL University[3][4]
Time of discovery or invention
September 19, 1857[16]
Time of periapsis
2461260.7564646634
🏷️ Also known as
en 49 Pales en (49) Pales en Pales ar 49 بالس de 49 Palès el 49 Πάλες fa سیارک ۴۹ fr (49) Palès fr 49 Palès fr Palès ja パレス ko 49 팔레스 pt 49 Palès ru 1947 FG ru 1950 XJ ru 1954 MF ru 1988 VU7 ru (49) Pales ru (49) Палес ru A908 AF
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/036f_5
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000049
Minor Planet Center body ID
49
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Pales"]

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🔗 Connections
Site of astronomical discovery 2
Paris Observatory, PSL University, Latin Quarter
Asteroid spectral type 1
C-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Hermann Goldschmidt
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
50 Virginia
Followed by (predecessor) 1
50 Virginia
Follows 1
48 Doris
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Pales
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
48 Doris
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Summary

49 Pales is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Hermann Goldschmidt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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