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(120640) 1996 PN

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(120640) 1996 PN

Summary

(120640) 1996 PN is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (120640) 1996 PN is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught[2].
  • (120640) 1996 PN is credited with the discovery of Jack B. Child[3].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's follows is recorded as (120639) 1996 KJ3[5].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's followed by is recorded as (120641) 1996 PH4[6].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 PN[9].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FK3[10].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-08-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h7qjb6[12].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20120640[13].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2575869620726012'}[14].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.52'}[15].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+21.01304507175708'}[16].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1287.838308391114'}[17].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+349.2000123081399'}[18].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.316551405196396'}[19].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.913264844145952'}[20].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.719837966246841'}[21].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.065246556703'}[22].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+141.6438003788068'}[23].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.087'}[24].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.063'}[25].
  • (120640) 1996 PN's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 120640[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(120640) 1996 PN's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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