2016 AZ8

Summary

2016 AZ8 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #30 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2016 AZ8 is credited with the discovery of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer^[3].
• 2016 AZ8's image is recorded as 2016AZ8 Radar.gif^[4].
• 2016 AZ8's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 2016 AZ8's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 2016 AZ8's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 2016 AZ8's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[8].
• 2016 AZ8's Commons category is recorded as 2016 AZ8^[9].
• 2016 AZ8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2016 AZ8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-01-03T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 2016 AZ8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3739246^[12].
• 2016 AZ8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3550713632855556'}^[13].
• 2016 AZ8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.07'}^[14].
• 2016 AZ8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.586235440346002'}^[15].
• 2016 AZ8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+554.5522997498513'}^[16].
• 2016 AZ8's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+16.897'}^[17].
• 2016 AZ8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.98578062774192'}^[18].
• 2016 AZ8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.320979432845907'}^[19].
• 2016 AZ8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.790021400938683'}^[20].
• 2016 AZ8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8519374647531308'}^[21].
• 2016 AZ8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+318.5802244413277'}^[22].
• 2016 AZ8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+217.8280327158733'}^[23].
• 2016 AZ8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+0.215'}^[24].
• 2016 AZ8's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fj7lv2gx^[25].
• 2016 AZ8's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.138'}^[26].
• 2016 AZ8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2016 AZ8^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

Why It Matters

2016 AZ8 draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #30 of 147).^[2]