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(55940) 1998 GU8

Summary

(55940) 1998 GU8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55940) 1998 GU8 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's follows is recorded as (55939) 1998 FD118[5].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's followed by is recorded as (55941) 1998 HS4[6].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 SM72[9].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 GU8[10].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 AC[11].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-02T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055940[13].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1292685791146023'}[14].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.23'}[15].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.48258430793876'}[16].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2054.676454310842'}[17].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+57.48097456491245'}[18].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.162981692290021'}[19].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.571855841417853'}[20].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.75410754316219'}[21].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+351.6948814385849'}[22].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+103.4458266548916'}[23].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+13.046'}[24].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.061'}[25].
  • (55940) 1998 GU8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55940[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55940) 1998 GU8'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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