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(674118) 2015 KH162

Summary

(674118) 2015 KH162 is a minor planet[1]. (674118) 2015 KH162 ranks in the top 9% of minor_planet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (674118) 2015 KH162 is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard[3].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162 is credited with the discovery of David J. Tholen[4].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162 is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo[5].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's instance of is recorded as minor planet[6].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's instance of is recorded as detached object[7].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[8].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's instance of is recorded as asteroid[9].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[10].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's provisional designation is recorded as 2015 KH162[12].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 18, 2015[13].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3341758901473216'}[14].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.4'}[15].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.12'}[16].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+28.89001430353567'}[17].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+176522.576841593'}[18].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+200.9796881524657'}[19].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+61.58399915575115'}[20].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+82.1638868924562'}[21].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+41.0041114190461'}[22].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+294.6732331551519'}[23].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+71.15592920682387'}[24].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}[25].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].
  • (674118) 2015 KH162's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2426109.8667190373'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include minor planet[6], detached object[7], trans-Neptunian object[8], and asteroid[9].

Why It Matters

(674118) 2015 KH162 ranks in the top 9% of minor_planet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month).[2] (674118) 2015 KH162 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Chadwick Trujillo Scott S. Sheppard

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 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.

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  1. 1d ago · Nrco0e · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2426109.8667190373'}
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: 2015 KH162-orbit.png"
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