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(5660) 1974 MA

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(5660) 1974 MA

Summary

(5660) 1974 MA is an asteroid[1]. (5660) 1974 MA has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • (5660) 1974 MA is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal[3].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's image is recorded as Орбита астероида 5660.png[4].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[6].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid[7].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[8].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's follows is recorded as 5659 Vergara[9].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's followed by is recorded as 5661 Hildebrand[10].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[11].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[12].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 MA[13].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 OL[14].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1974-06-26T00:00:00Z[15].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bwkstn[16].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005660[17].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's asteroid spectral type is recorded as Q-type asteroid[18].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7722'}[19].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7621169'}[20].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7619876067297139'}[21].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.5'}[22].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}[23].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.38'}[24].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.11449'}[25].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.14407221766631'}[26].
  • (5660) 1974 MA's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.39'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[5], near-Earth object[6], and near-Earth asteroid[7].

Why It Matters

(5660) 1974 MA has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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