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(6588) 1985 RC4

asteroid
Place asteroid Q637805

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
6587 Brassens[3]
Followed by
6589 Jankovich[4]
Absolute magnitude
+12.6, +12.78[14][15]
Albedo
+0.193[33]
Apoapsis
+3.099, +3.088901424114012[24][25]
Argument of periapsis
+170.76645, +170.6959252008051[28][29]
Diameter
+9.141[32]
Discoverer or inventor
Henri Debehogne[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[34]
Longitude of ascending node
+140.82014, +140.7007996319523[20][21]
Mean anomaly
+242.99090, +81.62774926140604[30][31]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.07 (0.07–0.07, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
+2.77806, +2.780144064966829[16][17]
Orbital period
+4.94, +1803.652758174537[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+2.7012168, +2.71072025492541[26][27]
Provisional designation
1985 RC4, 1986 WF7, 1988 FO[7][8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.9002867, +2.899810839519711[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
September 10, 1985[10]
Time of periapsis
+2460591.533013614[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en (6588) 1985 RC4 hu 1985 RC4 ru 1985 RC4 ru 1986 WF7 ru 1988 FO zh 小行星6588
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0c02hzz
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006588
Minor Planet Center body ID
6588
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet6588Provisional1985RC4"]

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🔗 Connections
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6589 Jankovich
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6589 Jankovich
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
La Silla Observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7012168'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.71072025492541'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.94'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1803.652758174537'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ce', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'kaa', 'sv', 'tt', 'uk',
    Instance of → asteroid
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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