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(16767) 1996 US

Summary

(16767) 1996 US is an asteroid[1]. (16767) 1996 US ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (16767) 1996 US is credited with the discovery of Yoshisada Shimizu[3].
  • (16767) 1996 US is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata[4].
  • (16767) 1996 US's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (16767) 1996 US's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nachi-Katsuura Observatory[6].
  • (16767) 1996 US's follows is recorded as Q142220[7].
  • (16767) 1996 US's followed by is recorded as (16768) 1996 UA1[8].
  • (16767) 1996 US's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (16767) 1996 US's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (16767) 1996 US's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 US[11].
  • (16767) 1996 US's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-10-16T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (16767) 1996 US's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h7mqxz[13].
  • (16767) 1996 US's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016767[14].
  • (16767) 1996 US's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.26'}[15].
  • (16767) 1996 US's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2642953'}[16].
  • (16767) 1996 US's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2637550775450735'}[17].
  • (16767) 1996 US's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}[18].
  • (16767) 1996 US's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.47'}[19].
  • (16767) 1996 US's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.22056'}[20].
  • (16767) 1996 US's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.220391828511763'}[21].
  • (16767) 1996 US's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.19'}[22].
  • (16767) 1996 US's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1531.666821870475'}[23].
  • (16767) 1996 US's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.03929'}[24].
  • (16767) 1996 US's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.99212628897155'}[25].
  • (16767) 1996 US's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6000985'}[26].
  • (16767) 1996 US's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.600422521964839'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(16767) 1996 US's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(16767) 1996 US ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

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

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] ↑ . 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.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.19'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1531.666821870475'}
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+322.14749'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+322.0157728807793'}
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+66.41042'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.929851898516684'}
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    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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