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2006 BL8

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2006 BL8

Summary

2006 BL8 is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2006 BL8 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[3].
  • 2006 BL8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 2006 BL8's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • 2006 BL8's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid[6].
  • 2006 BL8's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
  • 2006 BL8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • 2006 BL8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 24, 2006[9].
  • 2006 BL8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.29825'}[10].
  • 2006 BL8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2981888401560883'}[11].
  • 2006 BL8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+24.7'}[12].
  • 2006 BL8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.23264910028417'}[13].
  • 2006 BL8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+434.2408525622217'}[14].
  • 2006 BL8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+121.2816595431682'}[15].
  • 2006 BL8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.122246262859447'}[16].
  • 2006 BL8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.456887574351011'}[17].
  • 2006 BL8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7876049513678841'}[18].
  • 2006 BL8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+92.2308534805962'}[19].
  • 2006 BL8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+305.2586789485201'}[20].
  • 2006 BL8's epoch is recorded as January 26, 2006[21].
  • 2006 BL8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2453827.530327566'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[4], near-Earth object[5], and near-Earth asteroid[6].

Why It Matters

2006 BL8 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 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. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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. 17w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Freebase id → /m/0wdzp7_
    Minor planet group → Apollo asteroid
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