(14859) 1989 WU1

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(14859) 1989 WU1

Summary

(14859) 1989 WU1 is an asteroid[1]. (14859) 1989 WU1 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (14859) 1989 WU1 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[3].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[4].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[6].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's follows is recorded as (14858) 1989 UW3[7].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's followed by is recorded as (14860) 1989 WD3[8].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 TD6[11].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 WU1[12].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 LG6[13].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-11-25T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3t4kk[15].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20014859[16].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.28'}[17].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2764480'}[18].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2768486045675035'}[19].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}[20].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.78'}[21].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.98276'}[22].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.9880506970148'}[23].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.17'}[24].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1523.770810051929'}[25].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+226.38584'}[26].
  • (14859) 1989 WU1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+226.3455361656331'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(14859) 1989 WU1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(14859) 1989 WU1 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (14859) 1989 WU1 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (14859) 1989 WU1 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.17'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1523.770810051929'}
    Argument of periapsis {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+112.71704'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+112.5904538843362'}
    Mean anomaly {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+75.62591'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+282.8811436124515'}
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