(11143) 1997 BF7

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(11143) 1997 BF7

Summary

(11143) 1997 BF7 is an asteroid[1]. (11143) 1997 BF7 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (11143) 1997 BF7 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[3].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[5].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's follows is recorded as 11142 Facchini[6].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's followed by is recorded as 11144 Radiocommunicata[7].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EF36[10].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 BF7[11].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-28T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h96scd[13].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011143[14].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}[15].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0638841'}[16].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06168996649257767'}[17].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}[18].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.93'}[19].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.71191'}[20].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.7096822211034541'}[21].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.28'}[22].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1929.78463586561'}[23].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+335.62254'}[24].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+335.3459271923434'}[25].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0317785'}[26].
  • (11143) 1997 BF7's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.033474009881618'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(11143) 1997 BF7's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(11143) 1997 BF7 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (11143) 1997 BF7 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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

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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Orbital period {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.28'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1929.78463586561'}
    Argument of periapsis {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+115.70442'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+122.0805111401342'}
    Mean anomaly {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.85540'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+195.8101435813801'}
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