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(4596) 1981 QB

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(4596) 1981 QB

Summary

(4596) 1981 QB is an asteroid[1]. (4596) 1981 QB ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (4596) 1981 QB is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal[3].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[6].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's follows is recorded as 4595 Prinz[7].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's followed by is recorded as 4597 Consolmagno[8].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[9].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 QB[12].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-08-28T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b74wjf[14].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004596[15].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.518980'}[16].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5199521'}[17].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5200438689152801'}[18].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.00'}[19].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.3'}[20].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.45'}[21].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.07470'}[22].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.07443579516206'}[23].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.35'}[24].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1223.981300683302'}[25].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.49101'}[26].
  • (4596) 1981 QB's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+154.22685'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

(4596) 1981 QB ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] (4596) 1981 QB has Wikipedia articles in 10 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. [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. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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