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6597 Kreil

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q550117

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
6596 Bittner[5]
Followed by
6598 Modugno[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.6, 14.81[17][18]
Apoapsis
3.355 au, 3.355817353042299 au
Argument of periapsis
21.99970°, 22.63850217489895°
Discoverer or inventor
Antonín Mrkos[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
52.34687°, 52.21128479144556°[23]
Mean anomaly
115.58814°, 60.64246078982853°
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Karl Kreil[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.3 (0.3–0.3, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
3.28706°, 3.276208235048649°[19][20]
Orbital period
4.15 year, 1,512.204094667848 day[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8125576 au, 1.800876131102388 au
Provisional designation
1962 XK1, 1984 BU, 1988 AF1[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5839322 au, 2.578346742072343 au
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kleť Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
January 9, 1988[12]
Time of periapsis
2,460,745.7672846746 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Kreil de 1988 AF1 de (6597) Kreil fa سیارک ۶۵۹۷ ru Креил ru 1984 BU ru 1962 XK1 ru (6597) 1988 AF1 ru (6597) Креил uk 6597 Крейл zh 小行星6597
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y638g
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006597
Minor Planet Center body ID
6597

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Summary

6597 Kreil 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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