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(39487) 1981 EC6

Summary

(39487) 1981 EC6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (39487) 1981 EC6 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[2].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[4].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's follows is recorded as (39486) 1981 ET5[5].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's followed by is recorded as (39488) 1981 EM6[6].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EC6[9].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 VW14[10].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-07T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20039487[12].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.23'}[13].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2303448'}[14].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2314841747899204'}[15].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.1'}[16].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.41'}[17].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.90686'}[18].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.91671156803027'}[19].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.73'}[20].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1360.224796102595'}[21].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+322.937'}[22].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+304.36825'}[23].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+304.2691403947664'}[24].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4045107'}[25].
  • (39487) 1981 EC6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.402563309089735'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(39487) 1981 EC6'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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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