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(8908) 1995 WY6

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(8908) 1995 WY6

Summary

(8908) 1995 WY6 is an asteroid[1]. (8908) 1995 WY6 has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • (8908) 1995 WY6 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[3].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[4].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[6].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's follows is recorded as 8907 Takaji[7].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's followed by is recorded as 8909 Ohnishitaka[8].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 WY6[11].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 VU1[12].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CN27[13].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-11-18T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3mq0n[15].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008908[16].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}[17].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0375333'}[18].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03914918646869917'}[19].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}[20].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.53'}[21].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.99516'}[22].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.98036041910283'}[23].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.2'}[24].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1898.130882693423'}[25].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.026'}[26].
  • (8908) 1995 WY6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.33194'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(8908) 1995 WY6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(8908) 1995 WY6 has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] (8908) 1995 WY6 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Hiroshi Kaneda

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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