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(101487) 1998 WB40

Summary

(101487) 1998 WB40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (101487) 1998 WB40 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's follows is recorded as (101486) 1998 WJ38[5].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's followed by is recorded as (101488) 1998 WM42[6].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[7].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 LP15[9].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WB40[10].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-22T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20101487[12].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3410614967249362'}[13].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.1'}[14].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+22.8970098482125'}[15].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1320.453191647794'}[16].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+60.81802449031959'}[17].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.355499714015684'}[18].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.158869972013032'}[19].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.552129456018336'}[20].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+267.5883626067679'}[21].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+161.6651070883417'}[22].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 101487[23].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (101487) 1998 WB40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460207.5244260198'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(101487) 1998 WB40'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] ↑ . 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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