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(140986) 2001 WS12

Summary

(140986) 2001 WS12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (140986) 2001 WS12 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's follows is recorded as (140985) 2001 WZ11[5].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's followed by is recorded as (140987) 2001 WS13[6].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 WS12[9].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-11-17T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20140986[11].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.171538980406069'}[12].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.77'}[13].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.410926491455554'}[14].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1611.096741034295'}[15].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+127.3381892990105'}[16].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.689565517976897'}[17].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.150930844665975'}[18].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.22820019128782'}[19].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+264.8035142039321'}[20].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+46.79415494205248'}[21].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 140986[22].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's epoch is recorded as March 31, 2024[23].
  • (140986) 2001 WS12's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460191.0835818704'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(140986) 2001 WS12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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

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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