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(6940) 1972 HL1

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(6940) 1972 HL1

Summary

(6940) 1972 HL1 is an asteroid[1]. (6940) 1972 HL1 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (6940) 1972 HL1 is credited with the discovery of Carlos Torres[3].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro El Roble Observatory[5].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's follows is recorded as Q718491[6].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's followed by is recorded as Q718525[7].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 HL1[10].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 JF1[11].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 RR8[12].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1972-04-19T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c01v6m[14].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006940[15].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}[16].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1265646'}[17].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1269622257323817'}[18].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}[19].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.87'}[20].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.85625'}[21].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.856608186566861'}[22].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.45'}[23].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1258.617843118965'}[24].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.82806'}[25].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.78639750487601'}[26].
  • (6940) 1972 HL1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2819649'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(6940) 1972 HL1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(6940) 1972 HL1 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (6940) 1972 HL1 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (6940) 1972 HL1 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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