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(120639) 1996 KJ3

Summary

(120639) 1996 KJ3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (120639) 1996 KJ3 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's follows is recorded as (120638) 1996 JC13[5].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's followed by is recorded as (120640) 1996 PN[6].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 KJ3[9].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 FZ99[10].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-05-24T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hhpg7n[12].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20120639[13].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3631111623420497'}[14].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.42'}[15].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.84883869944006'}[16].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1979.624062519266'}[17].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+85.9257'}[18].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+153.2156909196328'}[19].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.085480917342785'}[20].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.205853479623338'}[21].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.965108355062233'}[22].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+124.1140081156917'}[23].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+156.4249711387984'}[24].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 120639[25].
  • (120639) 1996 KJ3's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(120639) 1996 KJ3'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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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    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3631111623420497'}
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