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(39476) 1979 MA2

Summary

(39476) 1979 MA2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (39476) 1979 MA2 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[5].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's follows is recorded as (39475) 1978 VE8[6].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's followed by is recorded as (39477) 1979 MF5[7].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 MA2[10].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OQ8[11].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-06-25T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20039476[13].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}[14].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1127447'}[15].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1133238223962205'}[16].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.8'}[17].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.04'}[18].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.15019'}[19].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.154773332968095'}[20].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.34'}[21].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1219.463255794554'}[22].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+249.45594'}[23].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+249.4009348795601'}[24].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2344520'}[25].
  • (39476) 1979 MA2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.233813243379105'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(39476) 1979 MA2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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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