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(74603) 1999 RL6

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Summary

(74603) 1999 RL6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Spacewatch[2]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Kitt Peak National Observatory[3]
  • Follows: (74602) 1999 RJ4[4]
  • Followed by: (74604) 1999 RU11[5]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[6]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[7]
  • Provisional designation: 1999 RL6[8], 1995 UK37[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: September 3, 1999[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.2003387250341968[11]
  • Absolute magnitude: 15.49[12]
  • Orbital inclination: 3.939703962574543 degree[13]
  • Orbital period: 1497.088329319131 day[14]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 351.4580335014755 degree[15]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.561136144724157 astronomical unit[16]
  • Apoapsis: 3.074230894597192 astronomical unit[17]
  • Periapsis: 2.048041394851121 astronomical unit[18]
  • Argument of periapsis: 58.27853235421686 degree[19]
  • Mean anomaly: 95.65800645520643 degree[20]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[21]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460602.698652583 Julian day[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Spacewatch
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.074230894597192'}
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.939703962574543'}
    Time of discovery or invention → +1999-09-03T00:00:00Z
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Absolute magnitude: 15.56"
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