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(284666) 2008 GP42

Summary

(284666) 2008 GP42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (284666) 2008 GP42 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's follows is recorded as (284665) 2008 FW134[5].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's followed by is recorded as (284667) 2008 GJ74[6].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[7].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid[8].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 GP42[10].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-04-04T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20284666[12].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05162631693116438'}[13].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun[14].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.06'}[15].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.451128160187586'}[16].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4313.263335604202'}[17].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+94.72544250065512'}[18].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.185671851765799'}[19].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.453388990286078'}[20].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.91795471324552'}[21].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+242.7805181194892'}[22].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+43.42569062268765'}[23].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/124xv91g9[24].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 284666[25].
  • (284666) 2008 GP42's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(284666) 2008 GP42'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 . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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