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4606 Saheki

asteroid
Place asteroid Q692285

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
4605 Nikitin[3]
Followed by
4607 Seilandfarm[4]
Absolute magnitude
+13.0, +13.21[17][18]
Albedo
+0.327[37]
Apoapsis
+2.480, +2.482194016976735[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+251.89212, +252.2982704641227[32][33]
Diameter
+6.712[36]
Discoverer or inventor
Tsutomu Seki[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+241.25115, +241.1287069248524[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+17.74654, +357.3970644480126[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1 (0.1–0.1, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+2.63401, +2.63190593843305[19][20]
Orbital period
+3.38, +1234.350790687527[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+2.0237755, +2.021720206151862[30][31]
Provisional designation
1972 GA1, 1977 TJ7, 1977 VF2, 1982 FH4, 1987 UM1[7][8][9][10][11]
Rotation period
+4.969[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.2517051, +2.251957111564299[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Geisei observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
October 27, 1987[12]
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Time of periapsis
+2461009.424820991[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en 4606 Saheki en Saheki de (4606) Saheki fa سیارک ۴۶۰۶ ru 1987 UM1 ru (4606) 1987 UM1 ru Saheki ru 1977 VF2 ru 1972 GA1 ru 1977 TJ7 ru 1982 FH4 uk 4606 Сахекі zh 小行星4606
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
4606Saheki (Lightcurve Inversion).png ↗
DAMIT asteroid ID
455
Freebase ID
/m/03yg1t5
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004606
Minor Planet Center body ID
4606

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Tsutomu Seki
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
4607 Seilandfarm
Followed by (predecessor) 1
4607 Seilandfarm
Follows 1
4605 Nikitin
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
4605 Nikitin
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Geisei observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → 4605 Nikitin
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    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461009.424820991'}
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