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(500278) 2012 PM3

Summary

(500278) 2012 PM3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500278) 2012 PM3 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 PM3[7].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-08-08T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500278[9].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09048125831933955'}[10].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.47'}[11].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.563906024275074'}[12].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1960.718511535345'}[13].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+332.3114744729089'}[14].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.065805141142213'}[15].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.34320304807466'}[16].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.788407234209765'}[17].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+154.0514758859804'}[18].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+34.14403127661724'}[19].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f__6fxd_[20].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500278[21].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[22].
  • (500278) 2012 PM3's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460814.5365717155'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(500278) 2012 PM3'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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