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(55859) 1997 AO8

Summary

(55859) 1997 AO8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55859) 1997 AO8 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's follows is recorded as (55858) 1996 XT20[5].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's followed by is recorded as (55860) 1997 BQ6[6].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 EW64[9].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AO8[10].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-02T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055859[12].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.031707364209704'}[13].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.75'}[14].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.671986183491998'}[15].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1664.632416240326'}[16].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+254.0812279247835'}[17].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.748821973554101'}[18].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.835979873017219'}[19].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.661664074090984'}[20].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+41.46253209204567'}[21].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+312.8845950021284'}[22].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55859[23].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (55859) 1997 AO8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461218.360640177'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(55859) 1997 AO8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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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