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(168381) 1997 LY4

Summary

(168381) 1997 LY4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (168381) 1997 LY4 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4 followed (168380) 1997 HX16[5].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4 was followed by (168382) 1997 MC6[6].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[7].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 LY4[9].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 YQ134[10].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 OL[11].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as June 10, 1997[12].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2721384419215399'}[13].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.83'}[14].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.356778449179814'}[15].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+884.4678149111544'}[16].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+46.07'}[17].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+252.6765487465752'}[18].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.803249157764688'}[19].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.293982573955099'}[20].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.312515741574277'}[21].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+51.48039393325416'}[22].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+248.7410392511558'}[23].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (168381) 1997 LY4's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461273.847138619'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(168381) 1997 LY4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → minor planet
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2721384419215399'}
    Minor planet center body id → 168381
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(168381) 1997 ایل وائی 4]]"
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