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(6037) 1988 EG

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(6037) 1988 EG

Summary

(6037) 1988 EG is a potentially hazardous asteroid[1]. (6037) 1988 EG draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • (6037) 1988 EG is credited with the discovery of Jeff T. Alu[3].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[4].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid[6].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[7].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's follows is recorded as Q155811[8].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's followed by is recorded as (6038) 1989 EQ[9].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[10].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 EG[12].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-03-12T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0by0ncm[14].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006037[15].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.499668'}[16].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4998083'}[17].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4996137169793169'}[18].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.70'}[19].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.86'}[20].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.49924'}[21].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.510550772285995'}[22].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.43'}[23].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+523.7248757511283'}[24].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.7602'}[25].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+182.45924'}[26].
  • (6037) 1988 EG's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+182.1545710594983'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid[4], near-Earth object[5], and near-Earth asteroid[6].

Why It Matters

(6037) 1988 EG draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).[2] (6037) 1988 EG 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. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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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