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(494219) 2016 LN8

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(494219) 2016 LN8

Summary

(494219) 2016 LN8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (494219) 2016 LN8 is credited with the discovery of Mount Lemmon Survey[2].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Lemmon Observatory[4].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's minor planet group is recorded as centaur[6].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's provisional designation is recorded as 2016 LN8[8].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 SF50[9].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 23, 2012[10].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06613905841187719'}[11].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.82'}[12].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+43.34223359205754'}[13].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+5044.56220958263'}[14].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+87.39813581913124'}[15].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.756387704030955'}[16].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+6.13710976662927'}[17].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.37566564143264'}[18].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+16.53917043440186'}[19].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+341.597074247855'}[20].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[21].
  • (494219) 2016 LN8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461258.3741772086'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(494219) 2016 LN8'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. 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 . 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.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Peter James · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
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