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(172271) 2002 TW79

Summary

(172271) 2002 TW79 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (172271) 2002 TW79 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's follows is recorded as (172270) 2002 TN70[5].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's followed by is recorded as (172272) 2002 TP83[6].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 AY23[9].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 TW79[10].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-10-01T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20172271[12].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2060848775965198'}[13].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.64'}[14].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.74570458184975'}[15].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1711.280587898154'}[16].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+58.72048641175008'}[17].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.799938752016828'}[18].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.376963787003969'}[19].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.222913717029687'}[20].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.57046425494497'}[21].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+180.8749740118244'}[22].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 172271[23].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's epoch is recorded as March 31, 2024[24].
  • (172271) 2002 TW79's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461251.9810549454'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(172271) 2002 TW79'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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