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(161998) 1988 PA

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(161998) 1988 PA

Summary

(161998) 1988 PA is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (161998) 1988 PA is credited with the discovery of Jeff T. Alu[2].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's follows is recorded as (161997) 1987 AN[6].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's followed by is recorded as (161999) 1989 RC[7].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[8].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 PA[10].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-08-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20161998[12].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.406202260409888'}[13].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.59'}[14].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.22726240595198'}[15].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1148.676579937465'}[16].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+13.4'}[17].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+162.0559130284806'}[18].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.146509886168189'}[19].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.018427053921878'}[20].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.274592718414499'}[21].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+137.6408772523976'}[22].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+249.51974060736'}[23].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z653bsk[24].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet161998Provisional1988PA"][25].
  • (161998) 1988 PA's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 161998[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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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