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(54972) 2001 PY42

Summary

(54972) 2001 PY42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (54972) 2001 PY42 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's follows is recorded as (54971) 2001 PU42[5].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's followed by is recorded as (54973) 2001 PE44[6].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's provisional designation is recorded as 2019 GS34[9].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 PY42[10].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 CN5[11].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-12T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20054972[13].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1610202999714686'}[14].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.77'}[15].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.821753703216126'}[16].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1778.477163163277'}[17].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+6.61412'}[18].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+252.4527410001712'}[19].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.87276374140224'}[20].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.335337020789986'}[21].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.410190462014492'}[22].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+141.9827618329645'}[23].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+320.7613161373149'}[24].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.406'}[25].
  • (54972) 2001 PY42's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.171'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(54972) 2001 PY42'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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