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(120673) 1997 AA6

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(120673) 1997 AA6

Summary

(120673) 1997 AA6 is an asteroid[1]. (120673) 1997 AA6 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (120673) 1997 AA6 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[3].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[5].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's follows is recorded as (120672) 1997 AK[6].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's followed by is recorded as (120674) 1997 AV7[7].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AA6[10].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-02T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20120673[12].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1684674691440401'}[13].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.63'}[14].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.60402947656989'}[15].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1535.673394858644'}[16].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+263.071799113117'}[17].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.604955381405869'}[18].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.043805621744463'}[19].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.166105141067274'}[20].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+124.2400474060732'}[21].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+344.9271636648113'}[22].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 120673[23].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (120673) 1997 AA6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461064.797093736'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(120673) 1997 AA6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(120673) 1997 AA6 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of discovery or invention → +1997-01-02T00:00:00Z
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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