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(8559) 1995 QM2

main-belt minor planet
Place Asteroid Q812642

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
8558 Hack[5]
Followed by
8560 Tsubaki[6]
Absolute magnitude
13.2, 13.38[17][18]
Albedo
0.2
Apoapsis
3.041, 3.048226705117068
Argument of periapsis
216.88595, 217.1236223987527
Discoverer or inventor
Yoshisada Shimizu, Takeshi Urata[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
109.01927, 108.9070641166645
Mean anomaly
57.77241, 210.3173548109755
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1 (0.01–0.1, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
4.56742, 4.573403460233346[19][20]
Orbital period
4.61, 1682.768559240389[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.5014438, 2.489276243355922
Provisional designation
1995 QM2, 1989 GB8, 1993 BK6, 1993 DF3[9][10][11][12]
Rotation period
4.072[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.771133, 2.768751474236495
Site of astronomical discovery
Nachi-Katsuura Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
August 25, 1995[13]
Time of periapsis
2461700.1701366333
🏷️ Also known as
en (8559) 1995 QM2 ru 1989 GB8 ru 1993 BK6 ru 1993 DF3 ru 1995 QM2 zh 小行星8559
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0h7mqt6
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008559
Minor Planet Center body ID
8559
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet8559Provisional1995QM2"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Takeshi Urata, Yoshisada Shimizu
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
8560 Tsubaki
Followed by (predecessor) 1
8560 Tsubaki
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
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Summary

(8559) 1995 QM2 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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