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(16488) 1990 RX8

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(16488) 1990 RX8

Summary

(16488) 1990 RX8 is an asteroid[1]. (16488) 1990 RX8 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (16488) 1990 RX8 is credited with the discovery of Henry E. Holt[3].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's follows is recorded as (16487) 1990 RV5[6].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's followed by is recorded as (16489) 1990 SG[7].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 RX8[10].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SB27[11].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EY17[12].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-09-13T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h56dlf[14].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016488[15].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}[16].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1937472'}[17].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1937597275325135'}[18].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}[19].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.77'}[20].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.97763'}[21].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.979165759660293'}[22].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.27'}[23].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1192.271059512685'}[24].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.09'}[25].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+246.97552'}[26].
  • (16488) 1990 RX8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+246.9351630855514'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(16488) 1990 RX8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(16488) 1990 RX8 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (16488) 1990 RX8 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (16488) 1990 RX8 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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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