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(101496) 1998 XM3

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(101496) 1998 XM3

Summary

(101496) 1998 XM3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (101496) 1998 XM3 is credited with the discovery of Yoshisada Shimizu[2].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3 is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata[3].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nachi-Katsuura Observatory[5].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's follows is recorded as (101495) 1998 XJ3[6].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's followed by is recorded as (101497) 1998 XB6[7].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[8].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XM3[10].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-12-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20101496[12].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3977788361315897'}[13].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.16'}[14].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.683390111673752'}[15].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1485.810224227017'}[16].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+5.0504'}[17].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+32.85569736520677'}[18].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.548257300484412'}[19].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.561900123634928'}[20].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.534614477333896'}[21].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+338.9395224072081'}[22].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+259.0055143750183'}[23].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.152'}[24].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.38'}[25].
  • (101496) 1998 XM3's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 101496[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(101496) 1998 XM3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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 . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
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