Home › Entities › Asteroid › 6599 Tsuko

6599 Tsuko

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q638157

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
6598 Modugno[5]
Followed by
6600 Qwerty[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.2, 14.33[17][18]
Albedo
0.326[36]
Apoapsis
2.750 au, 2.749351720292034 au[27][28]
Argument of periapsis
115.78888°, 115.7518566730949°[31][32]
Diameter
3.395 km[35]
Discoverer or inventor
Kin Endate, Kazurō Watanabe[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[37]
Longitude of ascending node
223.19142°, 223.1518070957489°[23][24]
Mean anomaly
233.07271°, 321.6918564790801°[33][34]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Tsuko Nakamura[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.21 (0.21–0.21, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
5.18343°, 5.18522108246557°[19][20]
Orbital period
3.41 year, 1,246.654916810507 day[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.7839936 au, 1.784443294181357 au[29][30]
Provisional designation
1978 TE3, 1988 PV, 1991 JU3[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2671043 au, 2.266897507236696 au[25][26]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kitami Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
August 8, 1988[12]
Show all 25 facts +1
Time of periapsis
2,461,133.1584318727 Julian day[38]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tsuko de 1988 PV de (6599) Tsuko fa سیارک ۶۵۹۹ ru Цуко ru 1991 JU3 ru 1978 TE3 ru (6599) 1988 PV ru (6599) Цуко uk 6599 Цуко zh 小行星6599
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03yhfs1
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006599
Minor Planet Center body ID
6599

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 6599 Tsuko. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/6599-tsuko
MLA “6599 Tsuko.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/6599-tsuko.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_6599-tsuko_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{6599 Tsuko}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/6599-tsuko}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): 6599 Tsuko — https://4ort.xyz/entity/6599-tsuko (retrieved 2026-11-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/6599-tsuko · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 1.783994 astronomical unit, 1.784443 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 3.41 year, 1,246.654917 day
    Instance of → asteroid
    Discoverer or inventor → Kin Endate, Kazurō Watanabe
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [kaa] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: kaawiki sitelink"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.