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6740 Goff

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q80481

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
6739 Tärendö[4]
Followed by
6741 Liyuan[5]
Absolute magnitude
+13.1, +13.13[15][16]
Albedo
+0.297[34]
Apoapsis
+2.840, +2.836314448194658[25][26]
Argument of periapsis
+89.92922, +88.86874468463567[29][30]
Diameter
+6.712[33]
Discoverer or inventor
Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[35]
Longitude of ascending node
+64.11445, +64.08394560411159[21][22]
Mean anomaly
+151.10912, +8.295099869791004[31][32]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.11 (0.11–0.11, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+14.80295, +14.79660586740496[17][18]
Orbital period
+4.1, +1499.855863612073[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.2874910, +2.292268624594009[27][28]
Provisional designation
1987 WG4, 1993 GY[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.5635445, +2.564291536394334[23][24]
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
April 14, 1993[10]
Time of periapsis
+2460965.9404050587[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en 6740 Goff en Goff de (6740) Goff fa سیارک 6740 fa سیارک ۶۷۴۰ ja 6740 ゴフ ja ゴフ ru 1987 WG4 ru 1993 GY ru (6740) 1993 GY ru Goff uk 6740 Goff uk 6740 Ґофф zh 小行星6740
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y2tyk
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006740
Minor Planet Center body ID
6740

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6741 Liyuan
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6741 Liyuan
Follows 1
6739 Tärendö
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
6739 Tärendö
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Related Entities

Carolyn S. Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker

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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. 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] ↑ . 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.
  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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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.

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  1. 11d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 2.287491 astronomical unit, 2.292269 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 4.1 year, 1,499.855864 day
    Instance of → asteroid
    Discoverer or inventor → Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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