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(6888) 1971 BD3

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(6888) 1971 BD3

Summary

(6888) 1971 BD3 is an asteroid[1]. (6888) 1971 BD3 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (6888) 1971 BD3 is credited with the discovery of Carlos Torres[3].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3 is credited with the discovery of Jean-Marc Petit[4].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro El Roble Observatory[6].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's follows is recorded as Q156514[7].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's followed by is recorded as (6889) 1971 RA[8].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 BD3[11].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 DF[12].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 JY5[13].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WX6[14].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VJ2[15].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1971-01-27T00:00:00Z[16].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c01zyp[17].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006888[18].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}[19].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1495961'}[20].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1490360989229968'}[21].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}[22].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.47'}[23].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.76026'}[24].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.762817258484905'}[25].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.1'}[26].
  • (6888) 1971 BD3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1498.255549887417'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(6888) 1971 BD3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(6888) 1971 BD3 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] (6888) 1971 BD3 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (6888) 1971 BD3 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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