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(231615) 2009 SK78

Summary

(231615) 2009 SK78 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (231615) 2009 SK78 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 JU157[8].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's provisional designation is recorded as 2009 SK78[9].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2009-09-18T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20231615[11].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09715938091106632'}[12].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[13].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.87'}[14].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.44320448682474'}[15].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4275.928857474142'}[16].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+201.9960868678233'}[17].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.155704637421571'}[18].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.656629708153764'}[19].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.654779566689377'}[20].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+243.6456901050842'}[21].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+52.76181536424929'}[22].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hhzg0yxl[23].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 231615[24].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[25].
  • (231615) 2009 SK78's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460173.8173086424'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(231615) 2009 SK78'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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