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(178871) 2001 MA8

Summary

(178871) 2001 MA8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (178871) 2001 MA8 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's follows is recorded as (178870) 2001 MK6[6].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's followed by is recorded as (178872) 2001 MZ13[7].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[8].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 MA8[10].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OH[11].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-06-21T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20178871[13].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4636809869423104'}[14].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.7'}[15].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.622331543501547'}[16].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1337.680864063112'}[17].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.4595957674711'}[18].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.375943223468832'}[19].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.477622922245755'}[20].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.27426352469191'}[21].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+358.0968488506823'}[22].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+202.160531619055'}[23].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65pd46[24].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet178871Provisional2001MA8"][25].
  • (178871) 2001 MA8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 178871[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 . 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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