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(55942) 1998 HJ12

Summary

(55942) 1998 HJ12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55942) 1998 HJ12 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's follows is recorded as (55941) 1998 HS4[5].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's followed by is recorded as (55943) 1998 HJ15[6].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 VU41[9].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HJ12[10].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-19T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055942[12].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1357557862506265'}[13].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.64'}[14].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.567842804895871'}[15].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1974.296778633229'}[16].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.70157206106359'}[17].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.079942958840783'}[18].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.498063036825294'}[19].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.661822880856271'}[20].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+250.929803981686'}[21].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+346.2696890896444'}[22].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.953'}[23].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.114'}[24].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55942[25].
  • (55942) 1998 HJ12's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55942) 1998 HJ12'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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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