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(15874) 1996 TL66

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(15874) 1996 TL66
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(15874) 1996 TL66

Summary

(15874) 1996 TL66 is an asteroid[1]. (15874) 1996 TL66 ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (15874) 1996 TL66 is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo[3].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66 is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt[4].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66 is credited with the discovery of Jane Luu[5].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66 is credited with the discovery of Jun Chen[6].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's image is recorded as 1996 TL66 orbit.gif[7].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's instance of is recorded as asteroid[8].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[9].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories[10].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's follows is recorded as (15873) 1996 TH7[11].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's followed by is recorded as (15875) 1996 TP66[12].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[13].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's minor planet group is recorded as scattered disc[14].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's Commons category is recorded as (15874) 1996 TL66[15].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[16].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TL66[17].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's orbit diagram is recorded as 1996 TL66 orbit.gif[18].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-10-09T00:00:00Z[19].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/075cqq[20].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015874[21].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.58'}[22].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5760542'}[23].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.586613941687296'}[24].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21'}[25].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.4'}[26].
  • (15874) 1996 TL66's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.3'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[8] and trans-Neptunian object[9].

Why It Matters

(15874) 1996 TL66 ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2] (15874) 1996 TL66 has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (15874) 1996 TL66 is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Chadwick Trujillo David Clifford Jewitt Jane Luu Jun Chen Mauna Kea Observatories

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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