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(38078) 1999 GW42

Summary

(38078) 1999 GW42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (38078) 1999 GW42 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's follows is recorded as (38077) 1999 GY31[5].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's followed by is recorded as (38079) 1999 HF[6].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GW42[9].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 UJ55[10].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-04-12T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20038078[12].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.23'}[13].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2317826'}[14].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2320563368594128'}[15].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.0'}[16].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.11'}[17].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.86411'}[18].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.863895067866817'}[19].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.46'}[20].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1265.85583373859'}[21].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+99.33205'}[22].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+99.30677004530645'}[23].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2890409'}[24].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.290114590533525'}[25].
  • (38078) 1999 GW42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.820'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(38078) 1999 GW42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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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] ↑ . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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