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(16778) 1996 WU1

Summary

(16778) 1996 WU1 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (16778) 1996 WU1 is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi[2].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory[4].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's follows is recorded as 16777 Bosma[5].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's followed by is recorded as 16779 Mittelman[6].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 WU1[9].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-30T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016778[11].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}[12].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0527069'}[13].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04691793834893244'}[14].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}[15].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.81'}[16].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.41524'}[17].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.41990814167499'}[18].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.42'}[19].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1978.511779416608'}[20].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90.33265'}[21].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90.01028495496314'}[22].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0837589'}[23].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.084325058236761'}[24].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.246'}[25].
  • (16778) 1996 WU1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.22903523116718'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(16778) 1996 WU1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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