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(500094) 2012 BC20

Summary

(500094) 2012 BC20 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500094) 2012 BC20 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[5].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[6].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 BC20[8].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-01-21T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500094[10].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2790229022642224'}[11].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.69'}[12].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.83702866313038'}[13].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+588.1388701042715'}[14].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+16.11'}[15].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+151.6236217694747'}[16].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.37379196093165'}[17].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.757111380978056'}[18].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9904725408852434'}[19].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+103.9496190426031'}[20].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.85082556777412'}[21].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65wl4t[22].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500094[23].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (500094) 2012 BC20's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460781.1390801133'}[25].

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. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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