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(55240) 2001 RP85

Summary

(55240) 2001 RP85 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55240) 2001 RP85 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's follows is recorded as (55239) 2001 RZ84[5].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's followed by is recorded as (55241) 2001 RL86[6].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 RP85[9].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 UR2[10].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-09-11T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055240[12].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06468801752784914'}[13].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.06'}[14].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.44800526900538'}[15].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1999.182070058911'}[16].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+186.945045186279'}[17].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.105769930100581'}[18].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.306676029776394'}[19].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.904863830424767'}[20].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+77.61489312568241'}[21].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+239.1545778938416'}[22].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.701'}[23].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.167'}[24].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55240[25].
  • (55240) 2001 RP85's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55240) 2001 RP85'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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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