Home › Entities › asteroid › (52498) 1996 BG8

(52498) 1996 BG8

asteroid
Place asteroid Q15163542
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

(52498) 1996 BG8

Summary

(52498) 1996 BG8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (52498) 1996 BG8 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's follows is recorded as (52497) 1996 AA14[5].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's followed by is recorded as (52499) 1996 CL1[6].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 MN14[9].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VU35[10].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 BG8[11].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-01-19T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20052498[13].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2116059368182628'}[14].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.55'}[15].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.197422483972788'}[16].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1269.146905973793'}[17].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.7856050072001'}[18].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.294082220052985'}[19].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.779523637365417'}[20].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.808640802740553'}[21].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+62.76253000465723'}[22].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+349.2012641942863'}[23].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 52498[24].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (52498) 1996 BG8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461038.5699503785'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(52498) 1996 BG8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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

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 . 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] ↑ . 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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). (52498) 1996 BG8. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/-52498-1996-bg8
MLA “(52498) 1996 BG8.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/-52498-1996-bg8.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_-52498-1996-bg8_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{(52498) 1996 BG8}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/-52498-1996-bg8}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): (52498) 1996 BG8 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/-52498-1996-bg8 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/-52498-1996-bg8 · Last refreshed: