(523797) 2016 NM56

Trans-Neptunian object, centaur, damocloid
Thing centaur Q28681877
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(523797) 2016 NM56

Summary

(523797) 2016 NM56 is a centaur[1]. (523797) 2016 NM56 draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (centaur category, ranking #15 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • (523797) 2016 NM56 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[4].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's instance of is recorded as centaur[5].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's instance of is recorded as Damocloid asteroid[6].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[7].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's instance of is recorded as distant minor planet[8].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's instance of is recorded as asteroid[9].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[10].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[11].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[12].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's provisional designation is recorded as 2016 NM56[13].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-07-14T00:00:00Z[15].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20523797[16].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.858'}[17].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8557441609097347'}[18].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.1'}[19].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.44'}[20].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144'}[21].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.0212343161045'}[22].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+229027.7174041265'}[23].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+50.9'}[24].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+350.088066846607'}[25].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+73.25879067503219'}[26].
  • (523797) 2016 NM56's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+135.9495730304995'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Pan-STARRS[3], an astronomical observatory[28], in United States[29], founded in 2006[30] and Pan-STARRS1[4], a Ritchey–Chrétien telescope[31], in United States[32].

Why It Matters

(523797) 2016 NM56 draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (centaur category, ranking #15 of 25).[2] (523797) 2016 NM56 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] (523797) 2016 NM56 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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