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(52640) 1997 WJ46

Summary

(52640) 1997 WJ46 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (52640) 1997 WJ46 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's follows is recorded as (52639) 1997 WF45[5].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's followed by is recorded as (52641) 1997 WZ54[6].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GT43[9].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WJ46[10].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-26T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20052640[12].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1462200825282595'}[13].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.19'}[14].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.050104245046565'}[15].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1290.6217453704'}[16].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+7.41'}[17].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+75.94245292248101'}[18].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.319888084103597'}[19].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.659102311217551'}[20].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.980673856989643'}[21].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+312.8734434751271'}[22].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+357.3123726584626'}[23].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.097'}[24].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.221'}[25].
  • (52640) 1997 WJ46's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 52640[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(52640) 1997 WJ46'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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