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(6988) 1994 WE3

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(6988) 1994 WE3

Summary

(6988) 1994 WE3 is an asteroid[1]. (6988) 1994 WE3 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (6988) 1994 WE3 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[3].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[4].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[6].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's follows is recorded as 6987 Onioshidashi[7].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's followed by is recorded as 6989 Hoshinosato[8].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 WE3[11].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UK4[12].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 JN1[13].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 PT1[14].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-11-28T00:00:00Z[15].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c01bzw[16].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006988[17].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}[18].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0323753'}[19].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03449514019236832'}[20].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}[21].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.74'}[22].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.20436'}[23].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.204514434743202'}[24].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.89'}[25].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1422.032566383453'}[26].
  • (6988) 1994 WE3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+220.03875'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(6988) 1994 WE3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(6988) 1994 WE3 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (6988) 1994 WE3 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (6988) 1994 WE3 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Hiroshi Kaneda

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. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 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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