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(359960) 2012 BQ61

Summary

(359960) 2012 BQ61 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (359960) 2012 BQ61 is credited with the discovery of Mount Lemmon Survey[2].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Lemmon Observatory[4].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 BT68[8].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 BQ61[9].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's provisional designation is recorded as 2009 WL297[10].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's provisional designation is recorded as 2009 WB68[11].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2009-10-12T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20359960[13].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05205976098368471'}[14].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[15].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.68'}[16].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.745402765646103'}[17].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4390.751840420476'}[18].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+110.7257297316576'}[19].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.247595006316608'}[20].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.520783548084629'}[21].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.974406464548588'}[22].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+306.4959514472829'}[23].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+108.6440338317609'}[24].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65wl2m[25].
  • (359960) 2012 BQ61's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 359960[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(359960) 2012 BQ61'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] ↑ . 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 . 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 . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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