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(178361) 1996 WL3

Summary

(178361) 1996 WL3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (178361) 1996 WL3 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's follows is recorded as (178360) 1996 VF27[5].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's followed by is recorded as (178362) 1996 XE16[6].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 WL3[9].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RK159[10].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-28T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hhvqp6[12].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20178361[13].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2323213288768837'}[14].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.41'}[15].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.635982471567764'}[16].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1195.518954790759'}[17].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.4410520970477101'}[18].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.204475921291313'}[19].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.716622696802803'}[20].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.692329145779822'}[21].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+339.4503544082361'}[22].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.521654995646745'}[23].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.808'}[24].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.124'}[25].
  • (178361) 1996 WL3's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 178361[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(178361) 1996 WL3'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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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  1. 19w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
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