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(6895) 1987 DG6

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(6895) 1987 DG6

Summary

(6895) 1987 DG6 is an asteroid[1]. (6895) 1987 DG6 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (6895) 1987 DG6 is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne[3].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's follows is recorded as 6894 Macreid[6].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's followed by is recorded as (6896) 1987 RE1[7].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DG6[10].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 HX[11].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 EX1[12].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 QA1[13].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-02-23T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bbznx3[15].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006895[16].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}[17].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1652784'}[18].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.162719525031985'}[19].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}[20].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.57'}[21].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.13009'}[22].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.134029289199532'}[23].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.36'}[24].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1596.002541983246'}[25].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+296.08986'}[26].
  • (6895) 1987 DG6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+295.7459677466752'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(6895) 1987 DG6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(6895) 1987 DG6 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (6895) 1987 DG6 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (6895) 1987 DG6 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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