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(55165) 2001 QC242

Summary

(55165) 2001 QC242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55165) 2001 QC242 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's follows is recorded as (55164) 2001 QU239[5].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's followed by is recorded as (55166) 2001 QV243[6].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QC242[9].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GK48[10].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-24T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055165[12].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1366246885964889'}[13].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.14'}[14].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.18148482514902'}[15].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1576.811025086218'}[16].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+183.0285135042077'}[17].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.651271157924847'}[18].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.013500254261182'}[19].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.289042061588512'}[20].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+276.8910105744774'}[21].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+134.410973428171'}[22].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55165[23].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (55165) 2001 QC242's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460411.7758200164'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(55165) 2001 QC242'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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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