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(59096) 1998 WT3

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Summary

(59096) 1998 WT3 is an asteroid[1]. (59096) 1998 WT3 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Seiji Ueda[3], Hiroshi Kaneda[4]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Kushiro[5]
  • Follows: (59095) 1998 WK[6]
  • Followed by: (59097) 1998 WD5[7]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
  • Provisional designation: 1998 WT3[10], 2000 EZ122[11]
  • Time of discovery or invention: November 18, 1998[12]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.1987234689454388[13]
  • Absolute magnitude: 14.29[14]
  • Orbital inclination: 10.25108736159618 degree[15]
  • Orbital period: 1345.144431568068 day[16]
  • Rotation period: 5.52871 hour[17]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 57.40079250252107 degree[18]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.384772715214856 astronomical unit[19]
  • Apoapsis: 2.858683021828786 astronomical unit[20]
  • Periapsis: 1.910862408600927 astronomical unit[21]
  • Argument of periapsis: 319.9821548887184 degree[22]
  • Mean anomaly: 147.2858485219338 degree[23]
  • Diameter: 4.182 km[24]
  • Albedo: 0.166[25]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[26]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460450.164613922 Julian day[27]

Related Entities

Hiroshi Kaneda

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Seiji Ueda, Hiroshi Kaneda
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1345.144431568068'}
    Follows → (59095) 1998 WK
    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.1987234689454388'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(59096) 1998 ڈبلیو ٹی 3]]"
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