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(16916) 1998 FM15

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q20478919

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
16915 Bredthauer[4]
Followed by
(16917) 1998 FB29[5]
Absolute magnitude
13.5 (13.3–13.5, n=3)[15][16][17]
Albedo
0.078
Apoapsis
2.916, 2.920973768108579
Argument of periapsis
188.60517, 186.6709549588888
Discoverer or inventor
Frank B. Zoltowski[2]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
188.01451, 187.9685980176496[22][23]
Mean anomaly
14.28389, 131.4979592454453
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.06 (0.06–0.06, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
1.66655, 1.667984613445387[18][19]
Orbital period
4.56, 1664.992698335705[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.5850085, 2.577463399661068
Provisional designation
1998 FM15, 1993 AV, 1984 CP1[8][9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.7505961, 2.749218583884823[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Woomera Village[3]
Time of discovery or invention
March 27, 1998[11]
Time of periapsis
2460192.324605584
🏷️ Also known as
en (16916) 1998 FM15 zh 小行星16916
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gk8ws5kv
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20016916
Minor Planet Center body ID
16916
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet16916Provisional1998FM15"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Frank B. Zoltowski
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(16917) 1998 FB29
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(16917) 1998 FB29
Follows 1
16915 Bredthauer
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
16915 Bredthauer
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Woomera Village
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Summary

(16916) 1998 FM15 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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