(528219) 2008 KV42

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(528219) 2008 KV42

Summary

(528219) 2008 KV42 is a trans-Neptunian object[1]. (528219) 2008 KV42 has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • (528219) 2008 KV42 is credited with the discovery of Mauna Kea Observatories[3].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's image is recorded as 08KV42.gif[4].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[5].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[6].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories[7].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[8].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's Commons category is recorded as (528219) 2008 KV42[9].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 KV42[11].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's type of orbit is recorded as retrograde motion[12].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-05-31T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lgn2j[14].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20528219[15].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.48'}[16].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4917843915116334'}[17].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+23.3'}[18].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.8'}[19].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.68'}[20].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+103.503'}[21].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+103.4414815793359'}[22].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11579', 'amount': '+41'}[23].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+97972.59656839697'}[24].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+260.93'}[25].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+261.0680909358769'}[26].
  • (528219) 2008 KV42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+41.59145634153069'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

(528219) 2008 KV42 is credited with the discovery of Mauna Kea Observatories[3].

Why It Matters

(528219) 2008 KV42 has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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