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80 Sappho

main-belt asteroid
Place asteroid Q110031

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
79 Eurynome[5]
Followed by
81 Terpsichore[6]
Absolute magnitude
8.05[14]
Albedo
0.206
Apoapsis
2.754783345494949
Argument of periapsis
139.6932997152644
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[11]
Diameter
68.563
Discoverer or inventor
N. R. Pogson[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
218.6385023056018[19]
Mean anomaly
57.25859929298333
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Sappho[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1996711692181873[13]
Orbital inclination
8.664, 8.676097552216309[15][16]
Orbital period
1270.972831427556[17]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.837780710687565
Provisional designation
A864 JA[9]
Rotation period
14.03[18]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.296282028091257[20]
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Madras Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
May 2, 1864[10]
Time of periapsis
2460798.3496553693
🏷️ Also known as
en 80 Sappho en (80) Sappho en Sappho de Sappho el 80 Σαπφώ es 80 Safo fa سیارک 80 fa سیارک ۸۰ fr Sappho ja サッフォー ja サッポー pt Sappho ru 80 Сапфо ru (80) Sappho ru (80) Сапфо ru Sappho ru Сапфо uk 80 Sappho vi (80) Sappho vi A864 JA
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
80Sappho (Lightcurve Inversion).png ↗
DAMIT asteroid ID
130
Freebase ID
/m/036_65
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000080
Minor Planet Center body ID
80
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Sappho"]

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Asteroid spectral type 1
S-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
N. R. Pogson
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
81 Terpsichore
Followed by (predecessor) 1
81 Terpsichore
Follows 1
79 Eurynome
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Sappho
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
79 Eurynome
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Madras Observatory
← FactGrid item ID 1
Charny-sur-Meuse
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Summary

80 Sappho is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

N. R. Pogson Sappho

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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