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(42742) 1998 RT66

Summary

(42742) 1998 RT66 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (42742) 1998 RT66 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's follows is recorded as (42741) 1998 RW65[5].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's followed by is recorded as (42743) 1998 RP73[6].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 RT66[9].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TB36[10].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XC40[11].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-14T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20042742[13].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07291959369840556'}[14].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.45'}[15].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.309983407701316'}[16].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1931.100163084205'}[17].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+215.1268250011324'}[18].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.034852458817245'}[19].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.256152667048805'}[20].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.813552250585684'}[21].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+140.7782244696244'}[22].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+307.4788434484265'}[23].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.612'}[24].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.255'}[25].
  • (42742) 1998 RT66's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet42742Provisional1998RT66"][26].

Body

Designation and Status

(42742) 1998 RT66'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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