6498 Ko

Summary

6498 Ko is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6498 Ko is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 6498 Ko is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 6498 Ko's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 6498 Ko's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 6498 Ko's follows is recorded as 6497 Yamasaki^[7].
• 6498 Ko's followed by is recorded as 6499 Michiko^[8].
• 6498 Ko's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 6498 Ko's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 6498 Ko's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 PM^[11].
• 6498 Ko's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 QK3^[12].
• 6498 Ko's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 UJ4^[13].
• 6498 Ko's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 CD4^[14].
• 6498 Ko's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-10-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6498 Ko's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043q68m^[16].
• 6498 Ko's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006498^[17].
• 6498 Ko's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6498 Ko's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[19].
• 6498 Ko's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1690072'}^[20].
• 6498 Ko's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1697780284990389'}^[21].
• 6498 Ko's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[22].
• 6498 Ko's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[23].
• 6498 Ko's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.79'}^[24].
• 6498 Ko's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.99125'}^[25].
• 6498 Ko's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.992606609121306'}^[26].
• 6498 Ko's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.44'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

6498 Ko's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

6498 Ko ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]