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6738 Tanabe

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q301558

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
6737 Okabayashi[5]
Followed by
6739 Tärendö[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.7 (14.5–14.7, n=3)[19][20][21]
Apoapsis
2.709, 2.711526601599903
Argument of periapsis
5.01477, 4.822454896099089
Discoverer or inventor
Kin Endate, Kazurō Watanabe[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
99.76564, 99.90252810914508
Mean anomaly
56.6634, 108.2737868714947
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.16 (0.16–0.16, n=3)[16][17][18]
Orbital inclination
0.47965, 0.4786693835224538[22][23]
Orbital period
3.58, 1306.218183385197
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.9687734, 1.965554073855558
Provisional designation
1975 EJ4, 1982 BO13, 1988 YU, 1991 RU31, 1993 FD1[9][10][11][12][13]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3389751, 2.33854033772773
Significant event
naming[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kitami Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
March 20, 1993[14]
Time of periapsis
2460607.6411411236
🏷️ Also known as
en 6738 Tanabe en Tanabe de (6738) Tanabe fa سیارک ۶۷۳۸ ru 1993 FD1 ru (6738) 1993 FD1 ru Tanabe ru 1988 YU ru 1975 EJ4 ru 1982 BO13 ru 1991 RU31 uk 6738 Танабе zh 小行星6738
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03yh293
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006738
Minor Planet Center body ID
6738

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Kazurō Watanabe, Kin Endate
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6739 Tärendö
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6739 Tärendö
Follows 1
6737 Okabayashi
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
6737 Okabayashi
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Kitami Observatory
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Summary

6738 Tanabe 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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