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(36170) 1999 RC242

Summary

(36170) 1999 RC242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (36170) 1999 RC242 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's follows is recorded as 36169 Grosseteste[5].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's followed by is recorded as (36171) 1999 RM242[6].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KL45[9].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RC242[10].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-12T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20036170[12].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}[13].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0686202'}[14].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06710395183130911'}[15].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}[16].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.63'}[17].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.54461'}[18].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.539169823575618'}[19].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.19'}[20].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1898.734655639237'}[21].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+2.907'}[22].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+243.30166'}[23].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+243.237437280902'}[24].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9995454'}[25].
  • (36170) 1999 RC242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.000847324709453'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(36170) 1999 RC242'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] ↑ . 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 . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: 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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