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(53042) 1998 WX20

Summary

(53042) 1998 WX20 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (53042) 1998 WX20 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's follows is recorded as (53041) 1998 WL20[5].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's followed by is recorded as (53043) 1998 WY21[6].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WX20[9].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 EJ7[10].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RW26[11].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-18T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20053042[13].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17929837895785'}[14].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.06'}[15].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.5240370375740862'}[16].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1308.316817718638'}[17].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+43.66336199796806'}[18].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.341044476711128'}[19].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.760789956453662'}[20].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.921298996968595'}[21].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+31.23230751095415'}[22].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+179.9761634215227'}[23].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.798'}[24].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.181'}[25].
  • (53042) 1998 WX20's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 53042[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(53042) 1998 WX20'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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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