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(6889) 1971 RA

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(6889) 1971 RA

Summary

(6889) 1971 RA is an asteroid[1]. (6889) 1971 RA ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (6889) 1971 RA is credited with the discovery of Carlos Torres[3].
  • (6889) 1971 RA is credited with the discovery of Jean-Marc Petit[4].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro El Roble Observatory[6].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's follows is recorded as (6888) 1971 BD3[7].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's followed by is recorded as Q717429[8].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 RA[11].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 SO2[12].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 TL2[13].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 WR3[14].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 WH6[15].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 MU[16].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1971-09-15T00:00:00Z[17].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b__s_p[18].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006889[19].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}[20].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1962190'}[21].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1968839614163352'}[22].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}[23].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.12'}[24].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.83687'}[25].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.836818859135683'}[26].
  • (6889) 1971 RA's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.27'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(6889) 1971 RA's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(6889) 1971 RA ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] (6889) 1971 RA has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (6889) 1971 RA is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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