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(17157) 1999 KP6

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(17157) 1999 KP6

Summary

(17157) 1999 KP6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (17157) 1999 KP6 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6 followed 17156 Kennethseitz[5].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6 was followed by (17158) 1999 KA8[6].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 QK1[9].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KP6[10].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 21, 1999[11].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1208672'}[12].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1203427067422684'}[13].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}[14].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.04'}[15].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.01065'}[16].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.017126346242'}[17].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.18'}[18].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1526.060213966098'}[19].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.72'}[20].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+157.51128'}[21].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+157.4804840912007'}[22].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5940587'}[23].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.594072812656077'}[24].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.908'}[25].
  • (17157) 1999 KP6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.906250556417639'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(17157) 1999 KP6'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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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  1. 14d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo → {'amount': '+0.296'}
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.01065'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.017126346242'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.908'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.906250556417639'}
    Discoverer or inventor → Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(17157) 1999 کے پی 6]]"
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