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(100478) 1996 TW59

Summary

(100478) 1996 TW59 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (100478) 1996 TW59 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[2].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[4].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's follows is recorded as (100477) 1996 TM39[5].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's followed by is recorded as (100479) 1996 TT60[6].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TJ66[9].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TW59[10].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-10-03T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20100478[12].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1091865198876093'}[13].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.56'}[14].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.5713851076459'}[15].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1687.926080099914'}[16].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+20.0'}[17].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+339.3919110843497'}[18].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.774405889757419'}[19].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.077333613615717'}[20].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.47147816589912'}[21].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+44.70095512861852'}[22].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+93.42647639132858'}[23].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+7.537'}[24].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c1xnvl3v[25].
  • (100478) 1996 TW59's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.062'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(100478) 1996 TW59's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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