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708 Raphaela

main-belt asteroid
Place Asteroid Q156671

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
707 Steina[4]
Followed by
709 Fringilla[5]
Absolute magnitude
10.5[16]
Albedo
0.2193
Apoapsis
2.899825349086824
Argument of periapsis
200.1564261097255
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[13]
Diameter
21.43
Discoverer or inventor
Joseph Helffrich[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
355.0460029296523[21]
Mean anomaly
53.8162912020377
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.08591660828981124[15]
Orbital inclination
3.488, 3.478295596339492[17][18]
Orbital period
1593.901490428255[19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.440962934193422
Provisional designation
1911 LJ, A892 XA, A907 EG, A911 CB[8][9][10][11]
Rotation period
20.918[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.670394141640123
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
February 3, 1911[12]
Time of periapsis
2460762.2281478993
🏷️ Also known as
en 708 Raphaela en (708) Raphaela en Raphaela de 708 Raphaela el 708 Ραφαέλα fa سیارک ۷۰۸ fr 708 Raphaela fr Raphaela ja ラファエラ pt (708) Raphaela ru 1911 LJ ru (708) 1911 LJ ru (708) Raphaela ru (708) Рафаэла ru A892 XA ru A907 EG ru A911LJ ru Raphaela ru Рафаэла uk 708 Рафаела
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
708Raphaela (Lightcurve Inversion).png ↗
DAMIT asteroid ID
373
Freebase ID
/m/08l_dv
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000708
Minor Planet Center body ID
708

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🔗 Connections
Asteroid spectral type 1
S-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Joseph Helffrich
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
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Summary

708 Raphaela 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. 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.
  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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