Home › Entities › asteroid › (31046) 1996 NU4

(31046) 1996 NU4

asteroid
Place asteroid Q6703559
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

(31046) 1996 NU4

Summary

(31046) 1996 NU4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (31046) 1996 NU4 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[2].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[4].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's follows is recorded as (31045) 1996 NP4[5].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's followed by is recorded as (31047) 1996 PW8[6].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 QE[9].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 NU4[10].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-07-14T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20031046[12].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}[13].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0774791'}[14].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07640638720560707'}[15].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}[16].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.11'}[17].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.94286'}[18].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.941062296024286'}[19].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.13'}[20].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1507.373441930252'}[21].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+310.96973'}[22].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+310.9257535416453'}[23].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5727061'}[24].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.572852890013796'}[25].
  • (31046) 1996 NU4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.772'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(31046) 1996 NU4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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 . 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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). (31046) 1996 NU4. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/-31046-1996-nu4
MLA “(31046) 1996 NU4.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/-31046-1996-nu4.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_-31046-1996-nu4_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{(31046) 1996 NU4}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/-31046-1996-nu4}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): (31046) 1996 NU4 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/-31046-1996-nu4 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/-31046-1996-nu4 · Last refreshed: