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(17754) 1998 DN8

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(17754) 1998 DN8

Summary

(17754) 1998 DN8 is an asteroid[1]. (17754) 1998 DN8 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (17754) 1998 DN8 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[3].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[5].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's follows is recorded as (17753) 1998 DZ5[6].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's followed by is recorded as (17755) 1998 DU11[7].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DR2[10].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DN8[11].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-02-21T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h94dgp[13].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017754[14].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}[15].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1427527'}[16].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1424178336237333'}[17].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}[18].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.19'}[19].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.36338'}[20].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.353461339938379'}[21].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.3'}[22].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1936.37733097423'}[23].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.115'}[24].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+314.83840'}[25].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+314.7691937189444'}[26].
  • (17754) 1998 DN8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0393715'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(17754) 1998 DN8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(17754) 1998 DN8 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. [4] ↑ . 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. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.115'}
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.64843'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.40085520908027'}
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6054929'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.607374715759618'}
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+314.83840'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+314.7691937189444'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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