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(162050) 1996 SD8

Summary

(162050) 1996 SD8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (162050) 1996 SD8 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's follows is recorded as (162049) 1996 SZ7[5].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's followed by is recorded as (162051) 1996 TE1[6].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 SD8[9].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 TJ108[10].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-09-21T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20162050[12].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1571276023732484'}[13].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.17'}[14].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.84457670516479'}[15].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2062.062293304358'}[16].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.57282452921073'}[17].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.170557029307695'}[18].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.668739053510462'}[19].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.672375005104928'}[20].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.33466195218495'}[21].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+44.99959850623512'}[22].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 162050[23].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (162050) 1996 SD8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460742.7445130735'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(162050) 1996 SD8'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. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
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