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(456973) 2008 BS2

Summary

(456973) 2008 BS2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (456973) 2008 BS2 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[5].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[6].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 BS2[8].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-01-18T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20456973[10].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4711758640837004'}[11].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.16'}[12].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.14379903996797'}[13].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+730.042511851308'}[14].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+311.0727719376657'}[15].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.58671824628709'}[16].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.334341587038783'}[17].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8390949055353963'}[18].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+351.0954549713495'}[19].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+40.13191707912028'}[20].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z652zd1[21].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet456973Provisional2008BS2"][22].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 456973[23].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (456973) 2008 BS2's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460719.1166512505'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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