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(8346) 1987 DW6

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1336663

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
8345 Ulmerspatz[4]
Followed by
8347 Lallaward[5]
Absolute magnitude
+12.8, +13.0[15][16]
Albedo
+0.083
Apoapsis
+3.603, +3.58560514807328
Argument of periapsis
+179.18474, +181.5044238718555
Diameter
+12.898
Discoverer or inventor
Henri Debehogne[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+21.84620, +21.23806589969833[21][22]
Mean anomaly
+243.81215, +301.5587097942752
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.13 (0.13–0.14, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+1.54937, +1.527183603440617[17][18]
Orbital period
+5.62, +2064.842950489361[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.7218418, +2.761208222326644
Provisional designation
1987 DW6, 1976 GG6, 1982 KS[8][9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+3.1623076, +3.173406685199962[23]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
February 26, 1987[11]
Time of periapsis
+2461335.7002391634
🏷️ Also known as
en (8346) 1987 DW6 ru 1976 GG6 ru 1982 KS ru 1987 DW6 zh 小行星8346
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0bbz5s8
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008346
Minor Planet Center body ID
8346
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet8346Provisional1987DW6"]

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🔗 Connections
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
8347 Lallaward
Followed by (predecessor) 1
8347 Lallaward
Follows 1
8345 Ulmerspatz
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
8345 Ulmerspatz
Site of astronomical discovery 1
La Silla Observatory
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Summary

(8346) 1987 DW6 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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