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(225211) 2008 QG42

Summary

(225211) 2008 QG42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (225211) 2008 QG42 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's follows is recorded as (225210) 2008 QB31[5].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's followed by is recorded as (225212) 2008 RF25[6].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[7].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[8].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 QG42[10].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-08-23T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20225211[12].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05489220511991145'}[13].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[14].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}[15].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.227321048049269'}[16].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4422.886999281802'}[17].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+49.21868880879921'}[18].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.27316803998237'}[19].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.562623861664844'}[20].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.983712218299897'}[21].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+125.8593096191112'}[22].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+324.2652478742187'}[23].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hhzgtxnz[24].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 225211[25].
  • (225211) 2008 QG42's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(225211) 2008 QG42'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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. 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 . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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