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(257398) 2009 SY246

Summary

(257398) 2009 SY246 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (257398) 2009 SY246 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246 followed (257397) 2009 SL229[5].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246 was followed by (257399) 2009 SX253[6].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[7].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[8].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 SQ13[10].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 HT73[11].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's provisional designation is recorded as 2009 SY246[12].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 18, 2009[13].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07509342152388858'}[14].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[15].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.64'}[16].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.738078258704809'}[17].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4368.664990192056'}[18].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+239.2016002421435'}[19].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.229982193704459'}[20].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.62271945113874'}[21].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.837244936270179'}[22].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+217.8919040599207'}[23].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+54.23172906035785'}[24].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (257398) 2009 SY246's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460342.38817749'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(257398) 2009 SY246'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  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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  1. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Discoverer or inventor → Spacewatch
    Followed by → (257399) 2009 SX253
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(257398) 2009 ایس وائی 246]]"
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