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(312458) 2008 QS42

Summary

(312458) 2008 QS42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (312458) 2008 QS42 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's follows is recorded as (312457) 2008 QH42[5].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's followed by is recorded as (312459) 2008 QG44[6].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[7].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[8].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 QS42[10].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-08-24T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20312458[12].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05332286555424168'}[13].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[14].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.14'}[15].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.727092740425247'}[16].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4414.438854770314'}[17].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+229.1380767446845'}[18].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.266451057811269'}[19].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.547273319514933'}[20].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.985628796107604'}[21].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+197.2683059632867'}[22].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+85.27426181345892'}[23].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/124xwpt_f[24].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 312458[25].
  • (312458) 2008 QS42's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(312458) 2008 QS42'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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