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6566 Shafter

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q532843

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
6565 Reiji[4]
Followed by
6567 Shigemasa[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.0, 14.1[17][18]
Apoapsis
2.663, 2.662538028376282
Argument of periapsis
204.92481, 204.9700873767032
Discoverer or inventor
Takeshi Urata[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
156.5806, 156.4820449209725[23]
Mean anomaly
161.74745, 244.7645587597609
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.17 (0.17–0.17, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
3.94444, 3.944082691424953[19][20]
Orbital period
3.44, 1255.067097368285[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.8903802, 1.891629551310392
Provisional designation
1977 EJ4, 1985 QR5, 1989 YA6, 1992 UB2[8][9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2768562, 2.277083789843337
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Nihondaira Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 25, 1992[12]
Time of periapsis
2461402.245029865
🏷️ Also known as
en 6566 Shafter en Shafter de (6566) Shafter fa سیارک ۶۵۶۶ ja 6566 シャフター ja シャフター ru 1985 QR5 ru 1977 EJ4 ru 1989 YA6 ru 1992 UB2 ru (6566) 1992 UB2 ru Shafter uk 6566 Шафтер zh 小行星6566
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0c0084d
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006566
Minor Planet Center body ID
6566

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Takeshi Urata
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6567 Shigemasa
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6567 Shigemasa
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Nihondaira Observatory
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Summary

6566 Shafter 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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