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78756 Sloan

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78756 Sloan

Summary

78756 Sloan is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 78756 Sloan is credited with the discovery of Sloan Digital Sky Survey[3].
  • 78756 Sloan's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 78756 Sloan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Apache Point Observatory[5].
  • 78756 Sloan's follows is recorded as Q15191327[6].
  • 78756 Sloan's followed by is recorded as Q15191328[7].
  • 78756 Sloan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • 78756 Sloan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 78756 Sloan's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 KM51[10].
  • 78756 Sloan's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 TX349[11].
  • 78756 Sloan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-10-10T00:00:00Z[12].
  • 78756 Sloan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cmcl6f[13].
  • 78756 Sloan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20078756[14].
  • 78756 Sloan's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 78756 Sloan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}[16].
  • 78756 Sloan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.007740558862226303'}[17].
  • 78756 Sloan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}[18].
  • 78756 Sloan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.51'}[19].
  • 78756 Sloan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.9'}[20].
  • 78756 Sloan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.881661721971852'}[21].
  • 78756 Sloan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1975.28447255781'}[22].
  • 78756 Sloan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+257.3'}[23].
  • 78756 Sloan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+257.0477157517019'}[24].
  • 78756 Sloan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.08097008822825'}[25].
  • 78756 Sloan's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.104818518548939'}[26].
  • 78756 Sloan's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.05712165790756'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

78756 Sloan's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

78756 Sloan has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[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. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.9'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+52.16757303786962'}
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.05712165790756'}
    Site of astronomical discovery → Apache Point Observatory
    Instance of → asteroid
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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