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(500253) 2012 KA15

Summary

(500253) 2012 KA15 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500253) 2012 KA15 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 KA15[7].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-04-15T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500253[9].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2048777742988097'}[10].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.73'}[11].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.765080086599754'}[12].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1583.770748396736'}[13].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+150.1374807251042'}[14].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.65906687809116'}[15].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.203850581786161'}[16].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.114283174396159'}[17].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+56.65357953847838'}[18].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+57.06460282452129'}[19].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gdg4nvv0[20].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500253[21].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[22].
  • (500253) 2012 KA15's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460749.452086882'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(500253) 2012 KA15'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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