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(263840) 2008 WG61

Summary

(263840) 2008 WG61 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (263840) 2008 WG61 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 WG61[8].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-11-24T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20263840[10].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05199893160165994'}[11].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[12].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.68'}[13].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+26.86423370819108'}[14].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4403.229663234026'}[15].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+289.9650012502469'}[16].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.257532193824066'}[17].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.530918250764249'}[18].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.984146136883883'}[19].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+109.0795776178142'}[20].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+79.88883205457407'}[21].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hhzg3lf9[22].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 263840[23].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (263840) 2008 WG61's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459823.364235934'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(263840) 2008 WG61'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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