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(26972) 1997 SM3

Summary

(26972) 1997 SM3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (26972) 1997 SM3 is credited with the discovery of Stephen P. Laurie[2].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Church Stretton[4].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's follows is recorded as 26971 Sezimovo Ústí[5].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's followed by is recorded as 26973 Lála[6].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 SM3[9].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-09-21T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20026972[11].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0935670'}[12].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09234932358266575'}[13].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}[14].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.44'}[15].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.66677'}[16].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.66277227876736'}[17].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.28'}[18].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1562.619177942658'}[19].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+10.7126'}[20].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+325.41605'}[21].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+325.1690857503172'}[22].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6346137'}[23].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.63533895754908'}[24].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.881'}[25].
  • (26972) 1997 SM3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.878710727689785'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(26972) 1997 SM3'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . 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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