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(6759) 1980 KD

outer main-belt minor planet
Asteroid Q209063

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
6758 Jesseowens[3]
Followed by
(6760) 1980 KM[4]
Absolute magnitude
12.5, 12.7[15][16]
Albedo
0.061[35]
Apoapsis
3.837 au, 3.852114236471671 au[26][27]
Argument of periapsis
79.00992°, 85.64930226307547°[30][31]
Diameter
18.673 km[34]
Discoverer or inventor
Henri Debehogne[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[36]
Longitude of ascending node
131.47822°, 129.5447902719883°[22][23]
Mean anomaly
290.07280°, 331.1457881159622°[32][33]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt, outer asteroid belt[5][6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.19–0.2, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
8.71893°, 8.65223814904678°[17][18]
Orbital period
5.81 year, 2,109.171586722461 day[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.6257711 au, 2.58521397581886 au[28][29]
Provisional designation
1980 KD, 1940 FD, 1991 GE[8][9][10]
Rotation period
19.3478 h[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.2315511 au, 3.218664106145265 au[24][25]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
May 21, 1980[11]
Time of periapsis
2,461,169.551344064 Julian day[37]
🏷️ Also known as
en (6759) 1980 KD ru 1940 FD ru 1980 KD ru 1991 GE zh 小行星6759
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0b6fpl0
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006759
Minor Planet Center body ID
6759
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet6759Provisional1980KD"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Henri Debehogne
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(6760) 1980 KM
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(6760) 1980 KM
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
La Silla Observatory
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Marsh Benham
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.

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  1. 14d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 2.625771 astronomical unit, 2.585214 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 5.81 year, 2,109.171587 day
    Rotation period → 19.3478 hour
    Instance of → asteroid
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