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(37797) 1997 WU15

Summary

(37797) 1997 WU15 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (37797) 1997 WU15 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's follows is recorded as (37796) 1997 WK13[5].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's followed by is recorded as (37798) 1997 WU24[6].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 RP16[9].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WU15[10].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QC214[11].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-23T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20037797[13].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}[14].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0564360'}[15].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05649857860723158'}[16].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.1'}[17].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.2'}[18].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.61774'}[19].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.618246578864527'}[20].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.36'}[21].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1229.083146981626'}[22].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+102.79072'}[23].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+102.7704813187294'}[24].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2450682'}[25].
  • (37797) 1997 WU15's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.245545665089216'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(37797) 1997 WU15'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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