6298 Sawaoka

Summary

6298 Sawaoka is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6298 Sawaoka is credited with the discovery of Takuo Kojima^[3].
• 6298 Sawaoka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 6298 Sawaoka's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as YGCO Chiyoda Station^[5].
• Akira Sawaoka is named after 6298 Sawaoka^[6].
• 6298 Sawaoka's follows is recorded as (6297) 1988 VZ1^[7].
• 6298 Sawaoka's followed by is recorded as 6299 Reizoutoyoko^[8].
• 6298 Sawaoka's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6298 Sawaoka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6298 Sawaoka's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 XC^[11].
• 6298 Sawaoka's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 AX3^[12].
• 6298 Sawaoka's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 VU1^[13].
• 6298 Sawaoka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-12-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 6298 Sawaoka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c02nzj^[15].
• 6298 Sawaoka's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006298^[16].
• 6298 Sawaoka's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 6298 Sawaoka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.27'}^[18].
• 6298 Sawaoka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2705235'}^[19].
• 6298 Sawaoka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2767903174076042'}^[20].
• 6298 Sawaoka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 6298 Sawaoka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.08'}^[22].
• 6298 Sawaoka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.81742'}^[23].
• 6298 Sawaoka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.779224520789072'}^[24].
• 6298 Sawaoka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.5'}^[25].
• 6298 Sawaoka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1990.530592078318'}^[26].
• 6298 Sawaoka's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.87353'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6298 Sawaoka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Akira Sawaoka is named after 6298 Sawaoka^[6].

Why It Matters

6298 Sawaoka ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]