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(482488) 2012 SW20

Summary

(482488) 2012 SW20 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (482488) 2012 SW20 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[4].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[6].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 SW20[9].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-09-18T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20482488[11].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.6780338512324494'}[12].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+19.77'}[13].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.13222363013205'}[14].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1413.142114254618'}[15].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+209.4612424281915'}[16].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.464477977488196'}[17].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.135477471842075'}[18].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7934784831343168'}[19].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+62.60823661158256'}[20].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+114.8063492668684'}[21].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65sp0t[22].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 482488[23].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (482488) 2012 SW20's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460349.8397579645'}[25].

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] ↑ . 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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