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(42712) 1998 QX28

Summary

(42712) 1998 QX28 is an asteroid[1]. (42712) 1998 QX28 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (42712) 1998 QX28 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[3].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[5].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's follows is recorded as (42711) 1998 QY25[6].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's followed by is recorded as (42713) 1998 QS33[7].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QX28[10].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 FQ30[11].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-23T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20042712[13].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2154304182939176'}[14].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.53'}[15].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.04852126357392'}[16].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2016.943378057071'}[17].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+175.5693963358687'}[18].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.124137834325624'}[19].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.797172154782247'}[20].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.451103513869001'}[21].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+231.8480298809934'}[22].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+290.0462460161242'}[23].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet42712Provisional1998QX28"][24].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 42712[25].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].
  • (42712) 1998 QX28's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461392.4243357447'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(42712) 1998 QX28's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(42712) 1998 QX28 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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