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(39480) 1981 DU

Summary

(39480) 1981 DU is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (39480) 1981 DU is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[2].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[4].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's follows is recorded as (39479) 1980 UQ1[5].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's followed by is recorded as (39481) 1981 DP1[6].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 DU[9].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RG119[10].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-02-28T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20039480[12].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}[13].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1605760'}[14].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1611334360532779'}[15].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}[16].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.93'}[17].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.53159'}[18].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.531797185081704'}[19].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.45'}[20].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1261.45967124802'}[21].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+257.35311'}[22].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+257.3023393288394'}[23].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2848625'}[24].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.284809324888693'}[25].
  • (39480) 1981 DU's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.652'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(39480) 1981 DU'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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