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(43940) 1996 XY5

Summary

(43940) 1996 XY5 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (43940) 1996 XY5 is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi[2].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory[4].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's follows is recorded as (43939) 1996 TT53[5].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's followed by is recorded as (43941) 1996 YP[6].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 XY5[9].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 WG2[10].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-12-07T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20043940[12].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2311439426937626'}[13].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.77'}[14].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.492287827297088'}[15].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2866.226123707087'}[16].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.41178390695292'}[17].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.948886779810827'}[18].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.861648039347578'}[19].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.036125520274077'}[20].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+300.1675799045399'}[21].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.901615835392'}[22].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+15.765'}[23].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.103'}[24].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet43940Provisional1996XY5"][25].
  • (43940) 1996 XY5's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 43940[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(43940) 1996 XY5'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] ↑ . 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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