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6731 Hiei

asteroid
Place asteroid Q165924

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
6730 Ikeda[4]
Followed by
(6732) 1992 CG1[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.2 (13.8–14.2, n=3)[17][18][19]
Albedo
+0.092[37]
Apoapsis
+3.246, +3.251467208538809[28][29]
Argument of periapsis
+104.88885, +106.3021627496205[32][33]
Diameter
+7.983[36]
Discoverer or inventor
Yoshio Kushida, Osamu Muramatsu[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[38]
Longitude of ascending node
+353.22826, +352.7357317148451[24][25]
Mean anomaly
+54.87423, +337.9492348697463[34][35]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.23 (0.23–0.23, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+4.16639, +4.168931167372386[20][21]
Orbital period
+4.29, +1563.019217393934[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.0310758, +2.020110217319755[30][31]
Provisional designation
1948 XG, 1982 VX9, 1990 RY5, 1992 BK[8][9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.6386897, +2.635788712929282[26][27]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Yatsugatake South Base Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
January 24, 1992[12]
Time of periapsis
+2461096.2382490467[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en 6731 Hiei en Hiei de (6731) Hiei fa سیارک 6731 fa سیارک ۶۷۳۱ ja 日江井 ru 1982 VX9 ru 1948 XG ru 1990 RY5 ru 1992 BK ru (6731) 1992 BK ru Hiei uk 6731 Hiei uk 6731 Хієй zh 小行星6731
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y3nfg
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006731
Minor Planet Center body ID
6731

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Osamu Muramatsu, Yoshio Kushida
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(6732) 1992 CG1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(6732) 1992 CG1
Follows 1
6730 Ikeda
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
6730 Ikeda
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Yatsugatake South Base Observatory
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Galerie Maeght
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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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . 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.
  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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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. 6d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.0310758'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.020110217319755'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.29'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1563.019217393934'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ce', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'kaa', 'la',
    Instance of → asteroid
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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