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6498 Ko

asteroid
Place asteroid Q619827

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
6497 Yamasaki[5]
Followed by
6499 Michiko[6]
Absolute magnitude
13.8 (13.4–13.8, n=3)[18][19][20]
Albedo
0.24
Apoapsis
2.666, 2.667578732455736
Argument of periapsis
156.70839, 156.7774848800832
Discoverer or inventor
Kin Endate, Kazurō Watanabe[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
149.63101, 149.5158430768057
Mean anomaly
206.42395, 287.4698471147727
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.17 (0.17–0.17, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
7.99125, 7.992606609121306[21][22]
Orbital period
3.44, 1257.821768144749[23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8951236, 1.893250189726277
Provisional designation
1964 PM, 1971 QK3, 1992 UJ4, 1994 CD4[9][10][11][12]
Rotation period
500.0
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2805536, 2.280414461091007
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kitami Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
October 26, 1992[13]
Time of periapsis
2461253.916680961
🏷️ Also known as
en 6498 Ko en Ko de (6498) Ko fa سیارک ۶۴۹۸ ru (6498) 1992 UJ4 ru Ko ru 1992 UJ4 ru 1964 PM ru 1971 QK3 ru 1994 CD4 uk 6498 Коу zh 小行星6498
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/043q68m
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006498
Minor Planet Center body ID
6498

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Kazurō Watanabe, Kin Endate
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6499 Michiko
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6499 Michiko
Follows 1
6497 Yamasaki
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
6497 Yamasaki
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Kitami Observatory
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Summary

6498 Ko is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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