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6642 Henze

asteroid
Place asteroid Q638896

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
6641 Bobross[4]
Followed by
6643 Morikubo[5]
Absolute magnitude
+12.4, +12.51[17][18]
Albedo
+0.126[37]
Apoapsis
+3.945, +3.942501867432487[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+58.79695, +58.09088988381778[32][33]
Diameter
+14.928[36]
Discoverer or inventor
Takeshi Urata[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+30.65453, +30.60515076688621[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+1.58347, +62.9580055078533[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Martin Henze[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.25 (0.25–0.25, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+4.32021, +4.317133446965757[19][20]
Orbital period
+5.63, +2054.516688717059[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.3828516, +2.383133587368141[30][31]
Provisional designation
1974 DH2, 1975 EN5, 1984 UP, 1990 UE3[8][9][10][11]
Rotation period
+4.4696[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+3.1638650, +3.162817727400314[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Nihondaira Observatory[2]
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Time of discovery or invention
October 26, 1990[12]
Time of periapsis
+2460641.199241655[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en 6642 Henze en Henze de (6642) Henze fa سیارک ۶۶۴۲ ru (6642) 1990 UE3 ru Henze ru 1984 UP ru 1974 DH2 ru 1975 EN5 ru 1990 UE3 uk 6642 Генце zh 小行星6642
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0c02rdf
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006642
Minor Planet Center body ID
6642

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Takeshi Urata
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6643 Morikubo
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6643 Morikubo
Follows 1
6641 Bobross
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
6641 Bobross
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Nihondaira Observatory
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3828516'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.383133587368141'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.63'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2054.516688717059'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ce', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'kaa', 'la',
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.4696'}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||kaa */ kaawiki sitelink"
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