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(488396) 2016 WU52

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(488396) 2016 WU52

Summary

(488396) 2016 WU52 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (488396) 2016 WU52 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's provisional designation is recorded as 2016 WU52[7].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2015-06-18T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20488396[9].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1105007642144589'}[10].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.73'}[11].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.9905541778745'}[12].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1537.124035704602'}[13].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+270.6534705585192'}[14].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.60659559995964'}[15].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.894626405753226'}[16].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.318564794166054'}[17].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+163.9320625647605'}[18].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+40.25783552140515'}[19].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[20].
  • (488396) 2016 WU52's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460828.607537207'}[21].

Body

Designation and Status

(488396) 2016 WU52'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 . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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