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(28979) 2001 LW

Summary

(28979) 2001 LW is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (28979) 2001 LW is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's follows is recorded as 28978 Ixion[5].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's followed by is recorded as Q6587532[6].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VC3[9].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XE84[10].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 GC141[11].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 LW[12].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-06-13T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028979[14].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}[15].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0630821'}[16].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0651270874386542'}[17].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}[18].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.6'}[19].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.17846'}[20].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.17961006644953'}[21].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.66'}[22].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2062.675302157354'}[23].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+242.44088'}[24].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+242.4062627404287'}[25].
  • (28979) 2001 LW's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1753525'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(28979) 2001 LW'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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 . 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 . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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