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(269741) 1998 UY8

Summary

(269741) 1998 UY8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (269741) 1998 UY8 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 UY8[7].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 QC77[8].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 17, 1998[9].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2199776600596698'}[10].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.61'}[11].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.388384700321926'}[12].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1300.701659567196'}[13].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+311.3281664700776'}[14].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.331951488991442'}[15].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.844928720912442'}[16].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.818974257070442'}[17].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+51.67238056750615'}[18].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+236.7862410915126'}[19].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[20].
  • (269741) 1998 UY8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461445.6787241492'}[21].

Body

Designation and Status

(269741) 1998 UY8'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Imported from → —
    Instance of → asteroid
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(269741) 1998 یو وائی 8]]"
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