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(69988) 1998 WA31

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(69988) 1998 WA31

Summary

(69988) 1998 WA31 is an asteroid[1]. (69988) 1998 WA31 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (69988) 1998 WA31 is credited with the discovery of Marc Buie[3].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[5].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[6].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's follows is recorded as (69987) 1998 WA25[7].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's followed by is recorded as (69989) 1998 WK31[8].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[9].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's minor planet group is recorded as 2:5-resonant trans-Neptunian object[10].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WA31[12].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-18T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pkqxw[14].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20069988[15].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4266'}[16].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4286371552660522'}[17].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.4'}[18].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.86'}[19].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.5'}[20].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.450804999496349'}[21].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+151362.3347312852'}[22].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.82'}[23].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.69155184600217'}[24].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+55.58354743903731'}[25].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+79.40872109290193'}[26].
  • (69988) 1998 WA31's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+31.7583737851727'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[4] and trans-Neptunian object[5].

Why It Matters

(69988) 1998 WA31 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (69988) 1998 WA31 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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 sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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