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(229816) 2008 SY261

Summary

(229816) 2008 SY261 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (229816) 2008 SY261 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 SY261[8].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-09-24T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20229816[10].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04736101529583563'}[11].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[12].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.96'}[13].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.111209728844773'}[14].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4356.626325016172'}[15].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+176.6387354799267'}[16].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.220369652670531'}[17].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.467611659640577'}[18].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.973127645700486'}[19].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+215.7845527089553'}[20].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+132.5564044115869'}[21].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hhzg8b8_[22].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 229816[23].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (229816) 2008 SY261's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459196.336886086'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(229816) 2008 SY261's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 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 . 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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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