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(51940) 2001 QB172

Summary

(51940) 2001 QB172 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (51940) 2001 QB172 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's follows is recorded as (51939) 2001 QG168[5].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's followed by is recorded as (51941) 2001 QT175[6].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QB172[9].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CA105[10].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-25T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20051940[12].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.202080556978284'}[13].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.28'}[14].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.939926339637113'}[15].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1702.559325875048'}[16].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+201.9095978338532'}[17].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.790417699756071'}[18].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.354306862724839'}[19].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.226528536787302'}[20].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+298.8617955933872'}[21].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+220.6072244104539'}[22].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.525'}[23].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.198'}[24].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 51940[25].
  • (51940) 2001 QB172's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(51940) 2001 QB172'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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