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(9948) 1990 QB2

Summary

(9948) 1990 QB2 is an asteroid[1]. (9948) 1990 QB2 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (9948) 1990 QB2 is credited with the discovery of Henry E. Holt[3].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf99481990QB2.gif[4].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[6].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's follows is recorded as 9947 Takaishuji[7].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's followed by is recorded as 9949 Brontosaurus[8].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QB2[11].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SJ6[12].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SQ26[13].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-08-22T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hny8s[15].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009948[16].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}[17].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2170762'}[18].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2181430569015835'}[19].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}[20].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.46'}[21].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.09158'}[22].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.09596'}[23].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.097459750991737'}[24].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.68'}[25].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1343.653573778488'}[26].
  • (9948) 1990 QB2's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.53'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(9948) 1990 QB2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(9948) 1990 QB2 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] (9948) 1990 QB2 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (9948) 1990 QB2 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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