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(4688) 1980 WF

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(4688) 1980 WF

Summary

(4688) 1980 WF is an asteroid[1]. (4688) 1980 WF ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (4688) 1980 WF is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal[3].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[6].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's follows is recorded as 4687 Brunsandrej[7].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's followed by is recorded as 4689 Donn[8].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[9].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 WF[12].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-11-29T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b6ln6g[14].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004688[15].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's asteroid spectral type is recorded as Q-type asteroid[16].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's asteroid spectral type is recorded as V-type asteroid[17].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5162118'}[18].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5178619503805612'}[19].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.4'}[20].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.6'}[21].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.37880'}[22].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.374948689362922'}[23].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.34'}[24].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1218.851886505308'}[25].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+241.30969'}[26].
  • (4688) 1980 WF's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+241.2261303602751'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

(4688) 1980 WF ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2] (4688) 1980 WF 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. [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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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