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(162979) 2001 RA12

Summary

(162979) 2001 RA12 is a potentially hazardous asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (162979) 2001 RA12 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[3].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid[5].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[6].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's follows is recorded as 162978 Helenhart[7].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's followed by is recorded as (162980) 2001 RR17[8].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[9].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 RA12[11].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-09-10T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20162979[13].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.5436822426263802'}[14].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.29'}[15].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.09009090115277'}[16].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1062.323996046182'}[17].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+311.5501090865328'}[18].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.037537965844367'}[19].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.145311176551026'}[20].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9297647551377087'}[21].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+326.1201821195428'}[22].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+135.5001279788536'}[23].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65s39c[24].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet162979Provisional2001RA12"][25].
  • (162979) 2001 RA12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 162979[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid[3], near-Earth object[4], and near-Earth asteroid[5].

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. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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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