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(48538) 1993 RF15

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(48538) 1993 RF15

Summary

(48538) 1993 RF15 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (48538) 1993 RF15 is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne[2].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15 followed (48537) 1993 RO7[6].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15 was followed by (48539) 1993 SD11[7].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 RF15[10].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FP9[11].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 DU8[12].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 15, 1993[13].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2162330252155156'}[14].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.25'}[15].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.756985899447197'}[16].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1621.210911936173'}[17].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+4.35'}[18].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+170.0978790796782'}[19].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.700810173638277'}[20].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.284814528016923'}[21].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.11680581925963'}[22].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+152.1741993574226'}[23].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+116.7933672564084'}[24].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.613'}[25].
  • (48538) 1993 RF15's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.103'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(48538) 1993 RF15's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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.
  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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  1. 18w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Minor planet center body id → 48538
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(48538) 1993 آر ایف 15]]"
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