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(17468) 1990 WT6

asteroid
Place asteroid Q22344892

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
(17467) 1990 VE6[4]
Followed by
(17469) 1991 BT[5]
Absolute magnitude
15.3, 15.39[14][15]
Albedo
0.110, 0.183
Apoapsis
2.636 astronomical unit, 2.634482242480255 astronomical unit[24]
Argument of periapsis
241.59989 degree, 241.9659931094992 degree
Diameter
2.707 km
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Longitude of ascending node
173.64503 degree, 173.5563219226205 degree[20][21]
Mean anomaly
88.65538 degree, 355.6793463561852 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1534857, 0.1525480706488014[12][13]
Orbital inclination
4.73236 degree, 4.735423050154862 degree[16][17]
Orbital period
3.45 year, 1,262.27147527525 day[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.9345565 astronomical unit, 1.937096695649817 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
3344 T-1, 1993 PM5, 1990 WT6[8][9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2853206 astronomical unit, 2.285789469065036 astronomical unit[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
November 21, 1990[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,815.649549581 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (17468) 1990 WT6
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f7r5xqqh
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20017468
Minor Planet Center body ID
17468
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet17468Provisional1990WT6"]

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Summary

(17468) 1990 WT6 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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