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(156717) 2002 RT42

Summary

(156717) 2002 RT42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (156717) 2002 RT42 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's follows is recorded as (156716) 2002 RK27[5].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's followed by is recorded as (156718) 2002 TZ6[6].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 RT42[9].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 WY20[10].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-09-05T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20156717[12].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2553590837096094'}[13].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.03'}[14].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.998758434848132'}[15].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2820.468007924514'}[16].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+124.18731877288'}[17].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.906745921118577'}[18].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.904368979821671'}[19].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.909122862415483'}[20].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+219.4307514502572'}[21].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.181885758801487'}[22].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.445'}[23].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.051'}[24].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 156717[25].
  • (156717) 2002 RT42's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(156717) 2002 RT42'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 . 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] ↑ . 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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