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(66177) 1998 WE5

Summary

(66177) 1998 WE5 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66177) 1998 WE5 is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker[2].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory[4].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5 followed (66176) 1998 WR4[5].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5 was followed by (66178) 1998 WL13[6].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WE5[9].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 YW1[10].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 21, 1998[11].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1364357951242933'}[12].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.49'}[13].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.23321621177303'}[14].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2059.955420733968'}[15].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+151.5030388984336'}[16].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.168397024185137'}[17].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.600679791449281'}[18].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.736114256920993'}[19].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+248.1660072063934'}[20].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+232.9866743688348'}[21].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+7.11'}[22].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}[23].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66177) 1998 WE5's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461327.2827462205'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66177) 1998 WE5'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. 6w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Provisional designation → 1998 WE5, 1987 YW1
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20066177
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.49"
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