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(69976) 1998 WD6

Summary

(69976) 1998 WD6 is an asteroid[1]. (69976) 1998 WD6 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (69976) 1998 WD6 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[3].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[4].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[6].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6 followed (69975) 1998 WU5[7].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6 was followed by 69977 Saurodonati[8].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 BQ5[11].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WD6[12].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 EM130[13].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 18, 1998[14].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1828822342948198'}[15].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.35'}[16].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.489326467821064'}[17].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1930.407670880611'}[18].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.13384060478046'}[19].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.034126883716496'}[20].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.589014787344547'}[21].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.479238980088444'}[22].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+65.33540220762778'}[23].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.04972478310936'}[24].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+8.093'}[25].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.056'}[26].
  • (69976) 1998 WD6's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(69976) 1998 WD6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(69976) 1998 WD6 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (69976) 1998 WD6 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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 aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.1828822342948198'}
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.13384060478046'}
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