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(18576) 1997 WA42

Summary

(18576) 1997 WA42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (18576) 1997 WA42 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Magdalena Ridge Observatory[4].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's follows is recorded as (18575) 1997 WS31[5].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's followed by is recorded as (18577) 1997 XH[6].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GP40[9].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WA42[10].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-29T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018576[12].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}[13].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1229413'}[14].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1230229786238958'}[15].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.0'}[16].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.19'}[17].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.60336'}[18].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.605663281771834'}[19].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.21'}[20].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1173.264101711667'}[21].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+103.81001'}[22].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+103.7446918350433'}[23].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.1767750'}[24].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.177032457190792'}[25].
  • (18576) 1997 WA42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.444'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(18576) 1997 WA42'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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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