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(17355) 1978 NK

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(17355) 1978 NK

Summary

(17355) 1978 NK is an asteroid[1]. (17355) 1978 NK is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • (17355) 1978 NK is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[3].
  • (17355) 1978 NK is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker[4].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[6].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's follows is recorded as 17354 Matrosov[7].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's followed by is recorded as 17356 Vityazev[8].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 NK[11].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SB30[12].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 NC7[13].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-07-10T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017355[15].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}[16].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2345431'}[17].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2347323303527709'}[18].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}[19].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.23'}[20].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.11123'}[21].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.112069433068607'}[22].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.35'}[23].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1589.547969544426'}[24].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+255.89861'}[25].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+255.8111228775409'}[26].
  • (17355) 1978 NK's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6655470'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(17355) 1978 NK's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(17355) 1978 NK is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin Eugene Merle Shoemaker

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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