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(85397) 1996 TN3

Summary

(85397) 1996 TN3 is an asteroid[1]. (85397) 1996 TN3 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (85397) 1996 TN3 is credited with the discovery of Robert G. Sandness[3].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3 followed (85396) 1996 SB7[5].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3 was followed by (85398) 1996 TH6[6].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TN3[9].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 OP40[10].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 6, 1996[11].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.166845793205413'}[12].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.15'}[13].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.06491423668367'}[14].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1543.257405847633'}[15].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+17.0797'}[16].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+177.9724245087797'}[17].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.613524818484653'}[18].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.049580439886758'}[19].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.177469197082548'}[20].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+223.6837169254364'}[21].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+296.5031041418441'}[22].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.132'}[23].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.18'}[24].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (85397) 1996 TN3's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461272.700152171'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(85397) 1996 TN3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(85397) 1996 TN3 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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. 26d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(85397) 1996 ٹی این 3]]"
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