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(420731) 2012 SP6

Summary

(420731) 2012 SP6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (420731) 2012 SP6 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 SP6[8].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-03-15T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20420731[10].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.03641890114107985'}[11].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun[12].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.82'}[13].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.15940510079037'}[14].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4297.732029378204'}[15].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+34.36371996491609'}[16].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.173215904610561'}[17].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.361618743222034'}[18].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.984813065999087'}[19].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+332.2812312291744'}[20].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+22.9319407526949'}[21].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65rjxc[22].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 420731[23].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (420731) 2012 SP6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460526.7351770317'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(420731) 2012 SP6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

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. [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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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