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3124 Kansas

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3124 Kansas

Summary

3124 Kansas is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 3124 Kansas is credited with the discovery of David J. Tholen[3].
  • 3124 Kansas's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 3124 Kansas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[5].
  • Kansas is named after 3124 Kansas[6].
  • 3124 Kansas's follows is recorded as Q588630[7].
  • 3124 Kansas's followed by is recorded as Q277398[8].
  • 3124 Kansas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 3124 Kansas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 3124 Kansas's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 VB[11].
  • 3124 Kansas's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 HJ18[12].
  • 3124 Kansas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-11-03T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 3124 Kansas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5dgr[14].
  • 3124 Kansas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003124[15].
  • 3124 Kansas's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid[16].
  • 3124 Kansas's significant event is recorded as naming[17].
  • 3124 Kansas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}[18].
  • 3124 Kansas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0788635'}[19].
  • 3124 Kansas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07926803692882092'}[20].
  • 3124 Kansas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}[21].
  • 3124 Kansas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.46'}[22].
  • 3124 Kansas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.34'}[23].
  • 3124 Kansas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.91674'}[24].
  • 3124 Kansas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.918391459323539'}[25].
  • 3124 Kansas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.55'}[26].
  • 3124 Kansas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1661.809533517306'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

3124 Kansas is credited with the discovery of David J. Tholen[3].

Why It Matters

3124 Kansas has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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