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(142561) 2002 TX68

Summary

(142561) 2002 TX68 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (142561) 2002 TX68 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's follows is recorded as (142560) 2002 TW67[6].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's followed by is recorded as 142562 Graetz[7].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[8].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 TX68[10].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-10-08T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20142561[12].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2934342834360792'}[13].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.2'}[14].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+16.65538670741831'}[15].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+791.2371584506315'}[16].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+150.0987980487043'}[17].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.674192910304342'}[18].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.16545850727326'}[19].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.182927313335423'}[20].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+122.5445972551812'}[21].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+228.8766953449734'}[22].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet142561Provisional2002TX68"][23].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 142561[24].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[25].
  • (142561) 2002 TX68's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461088.693419394'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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