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(251536) 2008 SK257

Summary

(251536) 2008 SK257 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (251536) 2008 SK257 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's follows is recorded as (251535) 2008 KK8[5].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[6].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[7].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 SK257[9].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-09-22T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20251536[11].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05919409596303329'}[12].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[13].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.17'}[14].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.78880113778754'}[15].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4469.755006318643'}[16].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+38.00225970957623'}[17].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.310354676486196'}[18].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.624696320803863'}[19].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.99601303216853'}[20].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+22.75593519343151'}[21].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+98.53043978261164'}[22].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+13.634'}[23].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hhzgd02_[24].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}[25].
  • (251536) 2008 SK257's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 251536[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(251536) 2008 SK257'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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