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(500440) 2012 TA168

Summary

(500440) 2012 TA168 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500440) 2012 TA168 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 TA168[7].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-10-08T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500440[9].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06001653286862157'}[10].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.55'}[11].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.4499486790249'}[12].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1889.476336570689'}[13].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+164.9834192414109'}[14].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.99108453193958'}[15].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.170599055063557'}[16].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.811570008815603'}[17].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+175.8756796327986'}[18].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+238.1599821019354'}[19].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gf97mrrm[20].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 500440[21].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[22].
  • (500440) 2012 TA168's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461639.9828629605'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(500440) 2012 TA168'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] ↑ . 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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