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(500272) 2012 MC3

Summary

(500272) 2012 MC3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500272) 2012 MC3 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's provisional designation is recorded as 2013 TQ121[7].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 MC3[8].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-05-16T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500272[10].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.006341415358401643'}[11].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.21'}[12].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+21.65015335673337'}[13].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1529.252636853014'}[14].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+197.0231047004918'}[15].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.597689311607065'}[16].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.614162338504046'}[17].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.581216284710085'}[18].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.767401230543549'}[19].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+121.2989331400769'}[20].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gdh0rxw0[21].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500272[22].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[23].
  • (500272) 2012 MC3's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460485.2313518003'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(500272) 2012 MC3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

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. [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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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