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(55170) 2001 QU255

Summary

(55170) 2001 QU255 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55170) 2001 QU255 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's follows is recorded as (55169) 2001 QQ252[5].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's followed by is recorded as (55171) 2001 QO256[6].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QU255[9].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GD57[10].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VY3[11].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-25T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055170[13].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07430560408216381'}[14].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.73'}[15].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.627149029796767'}[16].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1974.208883115005'}[17].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+191.3656875012408'}[18].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.079851545636809'}[19].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.308701775218738'}[20].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.85100131605488'}[21].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+278.532467702747'}[22].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+50.66787407956096'}[23].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.561'}[24].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.112'}[25].
  • (55170) 2001 QU255's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55170[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55170) 2001 QU255'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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