1998 KY26

Summary

1998 KY26 is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,357 views/month, #26 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1998 KY26 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 1998 KY26's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1998 KY26's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 1998 KY26's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Arizona^[6].
• 1998 KY26's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[7].
• 1998 KY26's Commons category is recorded as 1998 KY26^[8].
• 1998 KY26's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 1998 KY26's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KY26^[10].
• 1998 KY26's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 28, 1998^[11].
• 1998 KY26's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[12].
• 1998 KY26's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.201552'}^[13].
• 1998 KY26's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2001096420877922'}^[14].
• 1998 KY26's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+25.7'}^[15].
• 1998 KY26's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.481085'}^[16].
• 1998 KY26's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.491152969487916'}^[17].
• 1998 KY26's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+497.5731272315354'}^[18].
• 1998 KY26's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+0.1784'}^[19].
• 1998 KY26's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.440388'}^[20].
• 1998 KY26's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.1822629488355'}^[21].
• 1998 KY26's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.228869202268549'}^[22].
• 1998 KY26's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.474777778507219'}^[23].
• 1998 KY26's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9829606260298787'}^[24].
• 1998 KY26's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+209.198314'}^[25].
• 1998 KY26's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+210.003600027044'}^[26].
• 1998 KY26's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+287.581802'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

Why It Matters

1998 KY26 ranks in the top 0.63% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,357 views/month, #26 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]