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(18488) 1996 AY3

Summary

(18488) 1996 AY3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (18488) 1996 AY3 is credited with the discovery of Naoto Satō[2].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3 is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata[3].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Chichibu Observatory[5].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's follows is recorded as (18487) 1996 AU3[6].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's followed by is recorded as (18489) 1996 BV2[7].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 AY3[10].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-01-13T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018488[12].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.27'}[13].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2700884'}[14].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2696916112225871'}[15].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.1'}[16].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.18'}[17].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.67954'}[18].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.67021444763309'}[19].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.66'}[20].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2067.018417899692'}[21].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+138.12827'}[22].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+138.0859210707448'}[23].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1754504'}[24].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.175635242465572'}[25].
  • (18488) 1996 AY3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.033'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(18488) 1996 AY3'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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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