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(500286) 2012 PU18

Summary

(500286) 2012 PU18 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500286) 2012 PU18 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[5].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 PU18[7].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-08-11T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500286[9].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1177921454417838'}[10].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.62'}[11].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+21.86012783737863'}[12].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+939.8445327741855'}[13].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+33.0818'}[14].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+276.8734354272236'}[15].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.877752699581344'}[16].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.098937218674132'}[17].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.656568180488557'}[18].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+275.6358890576894'}[19].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+180.055733695913'}[20].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f__6hx13[21].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500286[22].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[23].
  • (500286) 2012 PU18's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461470.276763583'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(500286) 2012 PU18'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 . 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] ↑ . 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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