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(295553) 2008 SO42

Summary

(295553) 2008 SO42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (295553) 2008 SO42 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 SO42[8].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-09-20T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20295553[10].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05967016533602524'}[11].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[12].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.09'}[13].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.572278420596853'}[14].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4430.742617216275'}[15].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.06819379049415'}[16].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.279410077624318'}[17].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.594433349832839'}[18].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.964386805415797'}[19].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+53.81315227203645'}[20].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+95.44377288744263'}[21].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1hhzgwpvf[22].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 295553[23].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (295553) 2008 SO42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459625.8144664434'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(295553) 2008 SO42'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] ↑ . 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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