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(228243) 1998 US17

Summary

(228243) 1998 US17 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (228243) 1998 US17 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 US17[7].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 UZ39[8].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 QA41[9].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 18, 1998[10].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2110410656729678'}[11].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.31'}[12].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.053453510877969'}[13].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1303.418147117458'}[14].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+274.7454451904468'}[15].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.335197180370621'}[16].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.828019681872546'}[17].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.842374678868695'}[18].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+71.34012386082345'}[19].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+239.605249560149'}[20].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[21].
  • (228243) 1998 US17's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461436.4019515025'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(228243) 1998 US17'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . 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 . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Discoverer or inventor → Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(228243) 1998 یو ایس 17]]"
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