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(474048) 2016 GU242

Summary

(474048) 2016 GU242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (474048) 2016 GU242 is credited with the discovery of Mount Lemmon Survey[2].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Lemmon Observatory[4].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's provisional designation is recorded as 2016 GU242[7].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's provisional designation is recorded as 2010 KW53[8].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-05-16T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20474048[10].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.205751147932505'}[11].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.47'}[12].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.57576788506631'}[13].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2076.95959195276'}[14].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+219.7683215160975'}[15].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.185809088718606'}[16].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.841292965816267'}[17].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.530325211620945'}[18].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.836578987942952'}[19].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+237.1924419152172'}[20].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.295'}[21].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c1tsskz5[22].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.054'}[23].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 474048[24].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (474048) 2016 GU242's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461709.017599246'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(474048) 2016 GU242'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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