(55642) 2138 P-L

Summary

(55642) 2138 P-L is an asteroid^[1].

Key Facts

• (55642) 2138 P-L is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[2].
• (55642) 2138 P-L is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[3].
• (55642) 2138 P-L is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[4].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's follows is recorded as (55641) 2125 P-L^[7].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's followed by is recorded as (55643) 2179 P-L^[8].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's provisional designation is recorded as 2138 P-L^[11].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CM78^[12].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055642^[14].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.130763726831754'}^[15].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.66'}^[16].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.570397582998185'}^[17].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1506.567423307129'}^[18].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+236.4537284288387'}^[19].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.571935642328361'}^[20].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.908251532090638'}^[21].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.235619752566083'}^[22].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+202.0424385988021'}^[23].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+236.0802856424075'}^[24].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55642^[25].
• (55642) 2138 P-L's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55642) 2138 P-L's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].