(52232) 1978 UY4

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(52232) 1978 UY4

Summary

(52232) 1978 UY4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (52232) 1978 UY4 is credited with the discovery of C. Michelle Olmstead[2].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's follows is recorded as 52231 Sitnik[5].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's followed by is recorded as (52233) 1978 UQ5[6].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UY4[9].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-10-27T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20052232[11].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2022878502845669'}[12].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.49'}[13].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.152358130204214'}[14].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1230.542875119997'}[15].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+221.8362678418335'}[16].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.247323270729658'}[17].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.701929464060043'}[18].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.792717077399274'}[19].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+168.2993165328753'}[20].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+345.5073804901944'}[21].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 52232[22].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[23].
  • (52232) 1978 UY4's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461050.0383046656'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(52232) 1978 UY4'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 . 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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