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(488580) 2002 GK8

Summary

(488580) 2002 GK8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (488580) 2002 GK8 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[5].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[6].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 GK8[8].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-04-13T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20488580[10].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4013152539227218'}[11].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+19.68'}[12].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+38.99853786032392'}[13].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+912.643019879514'}[14].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+47.79062115256307'}[15].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.841344319900141'}[16].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.580303883200027'}[17].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.102384756600254'}[18].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+266.7706415223964'}[19].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+29.05326091002265'}[20].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z655_bc[21].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 488580[22].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[23].
  • (488580) 2002 GK8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460726.846511738'}[24].

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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