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(100659) 1997 WM20

Summary

(100659) 1997 WM20 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (100659) 1997 WM20 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's follows is recorded as (100658) 1997 WH20[5].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's followed by is recorded as (100660) 1997 WL21[6].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WM20[9].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-25T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20100659[11].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.03982528370735149'}[12].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.63'}[13].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.205300567672607'}[14].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1576.050424695296'}[15].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+108.6026555244783'}[16].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.650418500249855'}[17].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.755972168965518'}[18].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.544864831534191'}[19].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+124.0134609979712'}[20].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+358.8870664740779'}[21].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11hdqwgf7v[22].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 100659[23].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (100659) 1997 WM20's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461005.3723315448'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(100659) 1997 WM20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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

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 . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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