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(470678) 2008 SS251

Summary

(470678) 2008 SS251 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (470678) 2008 SS251 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[5].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[6].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 SS251[8].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-09-26T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20470678[10].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.5113944361535391'}[11].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+21.17'}[12].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.095946764230115'}[13].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1467.467165853871'}[14].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+164.9262324652914'}[15].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.527240914764176'}[16].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.819657857394156'}[17].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.234823972134196'}[18].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+197.2107975242548'}[19].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+51.86888631615469'}[20].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z655szn[21].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet470678Provisional2008SS251"][22].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 470678[23].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (470678) 2008 SS251's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460589.0669788932'}[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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