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(113870) 2002 TC259

Summary

(113870) 2002 TC259 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (113870) 2002 TC259 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's follows is recorded as (113869) 2002 TV258[5].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's followed by is recorded as (113871) 2002 TH259[6].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 TC259[9].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-10-09T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20113870[11].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1158062445276776'}[12].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.37'}[13].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.839742756328101'}[14].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1303.885603900244'}[15].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+180.3173337989247'}[16].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.335755475765068'}[17].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.60625054554838'}[18].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.065260405981757'}[19].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+203.3447816120847'}[20].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.56907239864067'}[21].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 113870[22].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's epoch is recorded as March 31, 2024[23].
  • (113870) 2002 TC259's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460333.244593949'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(113870) 2002 TC259'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 . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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