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(48938) 1998 QK5

Summary

(48938) 1998 QK5 is an asteroid[1]. (48938) 1998 QK5 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (48938) 1998 QK5 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[3].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[5].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5 followed (48937) 1998 QN4[6].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5 was followed by (48939) 1998 QO8[7].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QK5[10].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's provisional designation is recorded as 6209 P-L[11].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 22, 1998[12].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07620486774119009'}[13].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.82'}[14].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.706369216127249'}[15].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1269.646311553749'}[16].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+238.7093512428694'}[17].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.294683990335332'}[18].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.469550080326663'}[19].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.119817900344002'}[20].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+300.7827736753613'}[21].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+91.97292635735207'}[22].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[23].
  • (48938) 1998 QK5's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460676.1303146877'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(48938) 1998 QK5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(48938) 1998 QK5 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.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 → 48938
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(48938) 1998 کیو کے 5]]"
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