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(6494) 1992 NM

main-belt minor planet
Place Asteroid Q607306

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
6493 Cathybennett[5]
Followed by
(6495) 1992 UB1[6]
Absolute magnitude
+13.7, +13.89[15][16]
Albedo
+0.212
Apoapsis
+2.479, +2.478415292608247
Argument of periapsis
+253.38416, +253.4491725961091
Discoverer or inventor
Satoru Otomo[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+117.89468, +117.8164608575393[22][23]
Mean anomaly
+172.72255, +276.0196847255264
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.11 (0.11–0.11, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+3.82623, +3.827866668015236[17][18]
Orbital period
+3.35, +1224.351058169143[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.0003521, +2.001141204374938
Provisional designation
1992 NM, 1949 WW[9][10]
Rotation period
+16.0[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.2396473, +2.239778248491592
Site of astronomical discovery
Shizuoka, Kiyosato[3][4]
Time of discovery or invention
July 8, 1992[11]
Time of periapsis
+2461286.11496631
🏷️ Also known as
en (6494) 1992 NM fa سیارک ۶۴۹۴ ru 1949 WW ru 1992 NM zh 小行星6494
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0c032tj
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006494
Minor Planet Center body ID
6494
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet6494Provisional1992NM"]

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Site of astronomical discovery 2
Shizuoka, Kiyosato
Discoverer or inventor 1
Satoru Otomo
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(6495) 1992 UB1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(6495) 1992 UB1
Follows 1
6493 Cathybennett
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
6493 Cathybennett
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Summary

(6494) 1992 NM 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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