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(40314) 1999 KR16

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(40314) 1999 KR16
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(40314) 1999 KR16

Summary

(40314) 1999 KR16 is an asteroid[1]. (40314) 1999 KR16 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (40314) 1999 KR16 is credited with the discovery of Audrey Delsanti[3].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16 is credited with the discovery of Olivier Hainaut[4].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's image is recorded as (40314) 1999 KR16 hst.jpg[5].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[6].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[7].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[8].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's follows is recorded as (40313) 1999 KV14[9].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's followed by is recorded as (40315) 1999 LS[10].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[11].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's Commons category is recorded as (40314) 1999 KR16[12].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[13].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KR16[14].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-16T00:00:00Z[15].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q7h5j[16].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20040314[17].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.303'}[18].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2999352773920597'}[19].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.8'}[20].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.59'}[21].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.8'}[22].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.83438668058336'}[23].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+123297.899533203'}[24].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.7'}[25].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+205.7'}[26].
  • (40314) 1999 KR16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+205.6736970158545'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[6] and trans-Neptunian object[7].

Why It Matters

(40314) 1999 KR16 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2] (40314) 1999 KR16 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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