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(18487) 1996 AU3

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(18487) 1996 AU3

Summary

(18487) 1996 AU3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (18487) 1996 AU3 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[2].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[3].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[5].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's follows is recorded as (18486) 1996 AS2[6].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's followed by is recorded as (18488) 1996 AY3[7].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 AU3[10].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XN215[11].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-01-13T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3sj68[13].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018487[14].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}[15].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1804148'}[16].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1797270205726013'}[17].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}[18].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.88'}[19].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.11155'}[20].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.12915521550443'}[21].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.29'}[22].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1570.185593162377'}[23].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.512'}[24].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.68621'}[25].
  • (18487) 1996 AU3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.5331219532409'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(18487) 1996 AU3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Related Entities

Hiroshi Kaneda

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.29'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1570.185593162377'}
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+195.51750'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+196.1550594560599'}
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+210.17995'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+132.1631286918035'}
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    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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