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61 Danaë

main-belt asteroid
Place asteroid Q155862
61 Danaë

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
60 Echo[5]
Followed by
62 Erato[6]
Absolute magnitude
7.74[16]
Albedo
0.222, 0.203
Apoapsis
3.47368901877946
Argument of periapsis
12.88873680356342
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[13]
Diameter
85.937
Discoverer or inventor
Hermann Goldschmidt[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
333.543214211842
Mean anomaly
10.40467741425092
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Danaë[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.163787716460709[15]
Orbital inclination
18.218, 18.20589745270657[17][18]
Orbital period
1883.537091635508[19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.495937519887889
Provisional designation
1953 RL1, A917 SM, A860 RC[9][10][11]
Rotation period
11.45[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.984813269333674
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Paris Observatory, PSL University[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 9, 1860[12]
Time of periapsis
2460946.0622337884
🏷️ Also known as
en (61) Danaë en 61 Danaë en Danaë cs Danaë de 61 Danaé el 61 Δανάη fa سیارک ۶۱ fr (61) Danaé fr 61 Danaé fr Danaé ja ダナエ pt 61 Danaé ru 1953 RL1 ru (61) Danae ru (61) Даная ru A917 SM ru Danae ru Даная uk 61 Даная vi 1953 RL1
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/036v6z
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000061
Minor Planet Center body ID
61
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Danae"]

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Asteroid spectral type 1
S-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Hermann Goldschmidt
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
62 Erato
Followed by (predecessor) 1
62 Erato
Follows 1
60 Echo
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Danaë
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
60 Echo
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Paris Observatory, PSL University
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Summary

61 Danaë 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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