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(488636) 2002 WY12

Summary

(488636) 2002 WY12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (488636) 2002 WY12 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[5].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[6].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 WY12[8].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-11-30T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20488636[10].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4339099484987462'}[11].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+19.47'}[12].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.59788673899905'}[13].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1010.017412096672'}[14].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+62.04070482852158'}[15].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.970094034571076'}[16].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.824937435649499'}[17].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.115250633492653'}[18].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.009956631740379'}[19].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+33.13419447241239'}[20].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65lz0_[21].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 488636[22].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[23].
  • (488636) 2002 WY12's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460707.5385740194'}[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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