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(2921) Sophocles

(2921) Sophocles

Asteroid.

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Discoverer or Inventor

Cornelis Johannes Van Houten
Ingrid Van Houten-Groeneveld
Tom Gehrels
Palomar–Leiden Survey

Follows

2920 Automedon

Followed By

2922 Dikanʹka

Instance Of

Asteroid

Orbital Eccentricity

0.15
0.155
0.155
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Parent Astronomical Body

Sun

Orbital Inclination

1.486 degree
1.487 degree
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Periapsis

2.746 astronomical unit
2.744 astronomical unit
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Apoapsis

3.75 astronomical unit
3.751 astronomical unit
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Semi-Major Axis of an Orbit

3.248 astronomical unit
3.247 astronomical unit
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Orbital Period

5.85 year
2,137.536 day
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Mean Anomaly

18.156 degree
61.319 degree
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Longitude of Ascending Node

149.787 degree
149.765 degree
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Argument of Periapsis

197.793 degree
198.6 degree
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Significant Event

Naming

Named After

Sophocles

Albedo

0.083
Criterion Used
:
Geometric Albedo

Diameter

10.538 kilometre

Rotation Period

4.778 hour

Time of Periapsis

2,460,636.414 Julian day
Epoch
:
November 21, 2025

Epoch

November 21, 2025
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