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(55879) 1997 WG

Summary

(55879) 1997 WG is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55879) 1997 WG is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi[2].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory[4].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's follows is recorded as (55878) 1997 VX7[5].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's followed by is recorded as (55880) 1997 WS[6].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QD264[9].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WG[10].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-18T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055879[12].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1893600400410145'}[13].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.15'}[14].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.04779603972739'}[15].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1514.564713630458'}[16].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+42.24560687006308'}[17].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.581029321662344'}[18].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.069773137359358'}[19].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.09228550596533'}[20].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+317.3576411869377'}[21].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+318.2194353469177'}[22].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55879[23].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (55879) 1997 WG's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461176.276024831'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(55879) 1997 WG'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] ↑ . 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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