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(388798) 2008 BU2

Summary

(388798) 2008 BU2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (388798) 2008 BU2 is credited with the discovery of Mount Lemmon Survey[2].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Lemmon Observatory[5].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[6].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 BU2[8].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-01-19T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20388798[10].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.724566846133538'}[11].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.45'}[12].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+38.40625038380237'}[13].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+545.7928912372913'}[14].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+115.2934322862012'}[15].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.307032235113109'}[16].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.254064459503884'}[17].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.3600000107223348'}[18].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+212.8720038716259'}[19].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+307.2397079967116'}[20].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z655lxw[21].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet388798Provisional2008BU2"][22].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 388798[23].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (388798) 2008 BU2's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460880.489423097'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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 . 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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