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(24623) 1979 MD8

Summary

(24623) 1979 MD8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (24623) 1979 MD8 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[5].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's follows is recorded as (24622) 1979 MU5[6].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's followed by is recorded as (24624) 1980 FH4[7].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 MD8[10].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QA76[11].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-06-25T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20024623[13].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}[14].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1036495'}[15].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1047020101832013'}[16].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}[17].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.13'}[18].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.68123'}[19].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.662977915095277'}[20].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.59'}[21].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1675.820253734738'}[22].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+257.39689'}[23].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+257.1383032327831'}[24].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7613731'}[25].
  • (24623) 1979 MD8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.761124600576179'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(24623) 1979 MD8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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