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(44531) 1998 YR8

Summary

(44531) 1998 YR8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (44531) 1998 YR8 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8 followed 44530 Horáková[5].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8 was followed by (44532) 1998 YA9[6].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 YR8[9].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AG130[10].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 17, 1998[11].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0412457996635688'}[12].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.76'}[13].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.28828896388271'}[14].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2017.032000741915'}[15].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+141.6633947998213'}[16].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.124229348200261'}[17].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.253090685999171'}[18].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.995368010401351'}[19].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+350.1811853244091'}[20].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+246.4758199051301'}[21].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+12.823'}[22].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.047'}[23].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (44531) 1998 YR8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461636.5608447483'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(44531) 1998 YR8'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. 19w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.76'}
    Imported from → —
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Time of discovery or invention → +1998-12-17T00:00:00Z
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(44531) 1998 وائی آر 8]]"
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