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(19887) 1279 T-2

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(19887) 1279 T-2

Summary

(19887) 1279 T-2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (19887) 1279 T-2 is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten[2].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2 is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels[3].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2 is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[4].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[6].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's follows is recorded as (19886) 1167 T-2[7].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's followed by is recorded as (19888) 2048 T-2[8].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's provisional designation is recorded as 1279 T-2[11].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 QQ3[12].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20019887[14].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}[15].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1670538'}[16].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1670810074902548'}[17].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.6'}[18].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.68'}[19].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.33081'}[20].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.331600855402525'}[21].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.35'}[22].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1221.218838635958'}[23].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+173.45506'}[24].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+173.3874847530516'}[25].
  • (19887) 1279 T-2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2368816'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(19887) 1279 T-2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 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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