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(55540) 2001 WC45

Summary

(55540) 2001 WC45 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55540) 2001 WC45 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's follows is recorded as (55539) 2001 WV41[5].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's followed by is recorded as (55541) 2001 WV47[6].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 WC45[9].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JO44[10].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FU88[11].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-11-19T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055540[13].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1755819342025683'}[14].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.76'}[15].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.86844516260607'}[16].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1997.855829169909'}[17].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+41.75392240966742'}[18].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.104396216758013'}[19].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.64947210902752'}[20].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.559320324488506'}[21].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+28.49527232499497'}[22].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+99.94135743543949'}[23].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.717'}[24].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.171'}[25].
  • (55540) 2001 WC45's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55540[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55540) 2001 WC45'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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