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(500231) 2012 JW2

Summary

(500231) 2012 JW2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500231) 2012 JW2 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 JW2[7].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-04-20T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500231[9].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06241052901159323'}[10].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.16'}[11].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.25599214502054'}[12].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1501.926671047118'}[13].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+54.78793011992725'}[14].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.566651288833648'}[15].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.726837353558044'}[16].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.406465224109253'}[17].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+219.9649422018494'}[18].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+63.25617919878149'}[19].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gdg4ykwy[20].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500231[21].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[22].
  • (500231) 2012 JW2's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460736.594048202'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(500231) 2012 JW2'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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