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(276397) 2002 XA40

Summary

(276397) 2002 XA40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (276397) 2002 XA40 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[6].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 XA40[8].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-12-11T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20276397[10].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4798273337496513'}[11].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.2'}[12].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.446831430103376'}[13].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1244.910391867759'}[14].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+2.433'}[15].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+300.512685536502'}[16].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.264782202725978'}[17].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.351486608583646'}[18].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.17807779686831'}[19].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+66.96650444035839'}[20].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+247.2600097560348'}[21].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65qrcj[22].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet276397Provisional2002XA40"][23].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 276397[24].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[25].
  • (276397) 2002 XA40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461190.3644039826'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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