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(37198) 2000 WH79

asteroid
Place asteroid Q7469070

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
(37197) 2000 WR77[4]
Followed by
(37199) 2000 WV92[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.0, 14.21[14][15]
Albedo
0.241
Apoapsis
3.316 astronomical unit, 3.322565919754466 astronomical unit[24]
Argument of periapsis
191.65068 degree, 187.6760537350107 degree
Diameter
4.927 km
Discoverer or inventor
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Longitude of ascending node
94.16192 degree, 94.00257178820708 degree[20][21]
Mean anomaly
257.04038 degree, 332.2882560772342 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.07 (0.07–0.07, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
10.88584 degree, 10.87019973216047 degree[16][17]
Orbital period
5.48 year, 2,003.674110582561 day[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.9039550 astronomical unit, 2.898275094288937 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1998 KQ46, 2000 WH79[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.1097651 astronomical unit, 3.110420507021702 astronomical unit[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[3]
Time of discovery or invention
November 20, 2000[10]
Time of periapsis
2,461,154.736955159 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (37198) 2000 WH79 ru 1998 KQ46 ru 2000 WH79 zh 小行星37198
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122jr86w
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20037198
Minor Planet Center body ID
37198
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet37198Provisional2000WH79"]

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Summary

(37198) 2000 WH79 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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