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6027 Waratah

asteroid
Asteroid Q709505

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
6026 Xenophanes[5]
Followed by
(6028) 1994 ER1[6]
Absolute magnitude
12.8, 12.92[21][22]
Albedo
0.374, 0.271
Apoapsis
2.545, 2.54744893224738
Argument of periapsis
169.40471, 169.4535080877133
Diameter
7.091
Discoverer or inventor
Gordon J. Garradd[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
106.52161, 106.4399629604753
Mean anomaly
252.76358, 17.00388161155224
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Telopea speciosissima[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.16 (0.16–0.16, n=3)[18][19][20]
Orbital inclination
5.6481, 5.65091511154319[23]
Orbital period
3.27, 1193.733192054262
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8589889, 1.857111342827023
Provisional designation
1993 SS2, 1954 WX, 1963 KB, 1963 LA, 1970 TB, 1983 RS5, 1984 YU6[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Rotation period
46.927
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.202199, 2.202280137537202
Significant event
naming[17]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 23, 1993[16]
Time of periapsis
2460944.116394796
🏷️ Also known as
en (6027) Waratah en 1993 SS2 en (6027) 1993 SS2 en 6027 Waratah de (6027) 1993 SS2 fr (6027) 1993 SS2 hu (6027) 1993 SS2 it (6027) 1993 SS2 ru 1954 WX ru 1963 KB ru 1963 LA ru 1970 TB ru 1983 RS5 ru 1984 YU6 ru 1993 SS2 uk 6027 1993 SS2 zh 小行星6027
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0by12z5
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006027
Minor Planet Center body ID
6027
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet6027Provisional1993SS2"]

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Discoverer or inventor 1
Gordon J. Garradd
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(6028) 1994 ER1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(6028) 1994 ER1
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Telopea speciosissima
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Siding Spring Observatory
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Summary

6027 Waratah is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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