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(462959) 2011 DU

Summary

(462959) 2011 DU is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (462959) 2011 DU is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[4].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[6].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's provisional designation is recorded as 2011 DU[9].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2011-02-22T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20462959[11].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3180750364206792'}[12].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+21.08'}[13].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.924022574661344'}[14].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+463.3358735626755'}[15].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+10.29'}[16].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+176.527951267615'}[17].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.171831045857841'}[18].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.544561248447957'}[19].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7991008432677258'}[20].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+120.506637638054'}[21].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+319.5272773665049'}[22].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65rrsb[23].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet462959Provisional2011DU"][24].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 462959[25].
  • (462959) 2011 DU's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3], potentially hazardous asteroid[4], and near-Earth object[5].

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. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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 . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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