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6672 Corot

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q171352

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
6671 Concari[6]
Followed by
6673 Degas[7]
Absolute magnitude
+14.5, +14.72[19][20]
Albedo
+0.803[39]
Apoapsis
+2.931, +2.929764044719431[30][31]
Argument of periapsis
+166.45853, +166.4642083271941[34][35]
Diameter
+2.144[38]
Discoverer or inventor
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels[1][2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[40]
Longitude of ascending node
+209.11901, +209.0464234663972[26][27]
Mean anomaly
+105.50353, +17.12750270836457[36][37]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.21 (0.21–0.22, n=3)[16][17][18]
Orbital inclination
+4.81003, +4.81109193299953[21][22]
Orbital period
+3.74, +1368.026911137071[23][24]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
+1.8913149, +1.893719540059894[32][33]
Provisional designation
1213 T-1, 1980 TZ8, 1984 YQ2, 1991 OP[10][11][12][13]
Rotation period
+37.62[25]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.4112565, +2.411741792389662[28][29]
Significant event
naming[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
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Time of discovery or invention
March 24, 1971[14]
Time of periapsis
+2460935.4142093733[41]
🏷️ Also known as
en Corot de 1213 T-1 de (6672) Corot fa سیارک 6672 fa سیارک ۶۶۷۲ ru T/1213 T-1 ru 1991 OP ru 1980 TZ8 ru 1984 YQ2 ru (6672) 1213 T-1 ru A213 T-1 uk 6672 Corot uk 6672 Коро uk 6672 Корот zh 小行星6672
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y194_
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006672
Minor Planet Center body ID
6672

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  1. 5d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.8913149'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.893719540059894'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.74'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1368.026911137071'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ce', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', '
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+37.62'}
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