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(60621) 2000 FE8

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(60621) 2000 FE8

Summary

(60621) 2000 FE8 is an asteroid[1]. (60621) 2000 FE8 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (60621) 2000 FE8 is credited with the discovery of Brett J. Gladman[3].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8 is credited with the discovery of Jean-Marc Petit[4].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8 is credited with the discovery of Matthew J. Holman[5].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8 is credited with the discovery of John J. Kavelaars[6].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[7].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[8].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories[9].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8 followed (60620) 2000 FD8[10].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8 was followed by 60622 Pritchet[11].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[12].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's minor planet group is recorded as 2:5-resonant trans-Neptunian object[13].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[14].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's child astronomical body is recorded as S/2007 (60621) 1[15].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 FE8[16].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 27, 2000[17].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4064'}[18].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4033184164146136'}[19].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.9'}[20].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.86'}[21].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.865358'}[22].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.87048630903871'}[23].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+73'}[24].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+149794.1681003362'}[25].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.868'}[26].
  • (60621) 2000 FE8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.903163779334641'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[7] and trans-Neptunian object[8].

Why It Matters

(60621) 2000 FE8 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] (60621) 2000 FE8 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Mauna Kea Observatories

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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