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(40310) 1999 KU4

Summary

(40310) 1999 KU4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (40310) 1999 KU4 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's follows is recorded as (40309) 1999 JH131[5].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's followed by is recorded as (40311) 1999 KH13[6].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[7].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 KU4[9].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-05-18T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20040310[11].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid[12].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4057341833813868'}[13].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.21'}[14].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.424901570818786'}[15].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1186.442526172537'}[16].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+76.33333255987948'}[17].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.193304107875746'}[18].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.083202558991752'}[19].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.303405656759739'}[20].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+223.3248045700972'}[21].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+33.22039604656505'}[22].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.675'}[23].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.082'}[24].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet40310Provisional1999KU4"][25].
  • (40310) 1999 KU4's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 40310[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(40310) 1999 KU4'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 . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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