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(500178) 2012 FN46

Summary

(500178) 2012 FN46 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500178) 2012 FN46 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 FN46[7].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-02-21T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500178[9].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1889306981997811'}[10].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.79'}[11].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.359236685390892'}[12].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1636.570001422559'}[13].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+149.3495823892135'}[14].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.717841377568761'}[15].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.231325046629081'}[16].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.20435770850844'}[17].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+120.7441839773887'}[18].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+308.9841180886701'}[19].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f2q0_tbr[20].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500178[21].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[22].
  • (500178) 2012 FN46's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461232.4196164785'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(500178) 2012 FN46'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. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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