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(44208) 1998 OY6

Summary

(44208) 1998 OY6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (44208) 1998 OY6 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6 followed (44207) 1998 OJ1[5].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6 was followed by (44209) 1998 OH7[6].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 OY6[9].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XK181[10].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as July 20, 1998[11].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08927733555801015'}[12].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.13'}[13].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.66512292257632'}[14].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1552.040820976533'}[15].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+305.1520967031329'}[16].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.623431981069879'}[17].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.85764499835747'}[18].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.389218963782288'}[19].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+242.1552522547326'}[20].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+289.6536265238079'}[21].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.432'}[22].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.272'}[23].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (44208) 1998 OY6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461303.7790090074'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(44208) 1998 OY6'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 . 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.
  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Imported from → —
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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