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(159368) 1979 QB

Summary

(159368) 1979 QB is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (159368) 1979 QB is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's follows is recorded as (159367) 1977 OX[5].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's followed by is recorded as (159369) 1993 UJ4[6].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[7].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[8].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 QB[10].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-08-22T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20159368[12].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4403371425037195'}[13].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.16'}[14].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.333169984801016'}[15].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1301.591161700946'}[16].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+342.1666537511894'}[17].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.333014525218412'}[18].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.36032747467276'}[19].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.305701575764065'}[20].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.60036271687224'}[21].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+290.1464391241519'}[22].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z652d4g[23].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 159368[24].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[25].
  • (159368) 1979 QB's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461053.057715137'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(159368) 1979 QB'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. 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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