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(56072) 1998 YK8

Summary

(56072) 1998 YK8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (56072) 1998 YK8 is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi[2].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory[4].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's follows is recorded as (56071) 1998 YF6[5].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's followed by is recorded as 56073 Poggianti[6].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 YK8[9].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-12-24T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20056072[11].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.136749510219761'}[12].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.18'}[13].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.403277229944526'}[14].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1276.703106291055'}[15].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+129.5776132688907'}[16].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.303178823507849'}[17].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.618137399571073'}[18].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.988220247444626'}[19].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+79.60041407778307'}[20].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+170.6258624270179'}[21].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.574'}[22].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.593'}[23].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 56072[24].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (56072) 1998 YK8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460395.3928650715'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(56072) 1998 YK8'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 . 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] ↑ . 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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