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(120764) 1998 BV8

Summary

(120764) 1998 BV8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (120764) 1998 BV8 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's follows is recorded as (120763) 1998 BW5[5].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's followed by is recorded as (120765) 1998 BD13[6].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 BV8[9].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 YD82[10].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-01-18T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hhrk95[12].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20120764[13].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1713271202241784'}[14].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.64'}[15].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.835193538540456'}[16].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1503.499226654968'}[17].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+69.23365790180007'}[18].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.568442542671616'}[19].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.008486406968811'}[20].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.128398678374422'}[21].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.16370439441934'}[22].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+310.930708416086'}[23].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.295'}[24].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.073'}[25].
  • (120764) 1998 BV8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 120764[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(120764) 1998 BV8'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] ↑ . 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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    Time of discovery or invention → +1998-01-18T00:00:00Z
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
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