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(491358) 2012 BU

Summary

(491358) 2012 BU is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (491358) 2012 BU is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 BU[8].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's provisional designation is recorded as 2009 RS64[9].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2009-09-15T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20491358[11].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1947781687532203'}[12].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[13].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.95'}[14].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.478886627328754'}[15].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4334.153847210694'}[16].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+62.89512153980625'}[17].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.202402274507917'}[18].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+6.215716662654157'}[19].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.189087886361677'}[20].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+41.58743444986918'}[21].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+58.64432475769168'}[22].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65gr7t[23].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 491358[24].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[25].
  • (491358) 2012 BU's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460094.4624284287'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(491358) 2012 BU's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

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. [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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. 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 . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . 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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