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(21157) 1993 RC5

Summary

(21157) 1993 RC5 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (21157) 1993 RC5 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[2].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[4].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's follows is recorded as (21156) 1993 QP7[5].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's followed by is recorded as (21158) 1993 RP18[6].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 RC5[9].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VL54[10].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-09-15T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021157[12].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}[13].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1021580'}[14].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09692395797450744'}[15].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.8'}[16].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.02'}[17].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.90268'}[18].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.909000330393849'}[19].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.71'}[20].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2088.920287080322'}[21].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+212.60708'}[22].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+212.1903830591749'}[23].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1946498'}[24].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.198028235814977'}[25].
  • (21157) 1993 RC5's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.521'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(21157) 1993 RC5'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] ↑ . 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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