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(204996) 1996 TU5

Summary

(204996) 1996 TU5 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (204996) 1996 TU5 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's follows is recorded as (204995) 1996 TZ2[5].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's followed by is recorded as (204997) 1996 VE13[6].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 TU5[9].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 UJ35[10].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-10-03T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hhrt3d[12].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20204996[13].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1515582326964041'}[14].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.35'}[15].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.657061746388413'}[16].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1465.942735892667'}[17].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+197.7353718694234'}[18].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.525490384239104'}[19].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.908249243566145'}[20].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.142731524912063'}[21].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+196.175577107233'}[22].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+89.74778227598883'}[23].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 204996[24].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (204996) 1996 TU5's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460635.0413625278'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(204996) 1996 TU5'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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
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    Epoch → November 21, 2025
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