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(55972) 1998 QS20

Summary

(55972) 1998 QS20 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55972) 1998 QS20 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's follows is recorded as (55971) 1998 OA9[5].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's followed by is recorded as (55973) 1998 QA49[6].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 BD2[9].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QS20[10].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MF16[11].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-17T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055972[13].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1747978748844448'}[14].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.46'}[15].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.00449337336929'}[16].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1163.171316263235'}[17].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+248.135919817848'}[18].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.164529478163625'}[19].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.542884631071362'}[20].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.786174325255887'}[21].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+111.9564162304215'}[22].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+178.2220827490605'}[23].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55972[24].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (55972) 1998 QS20's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460424.6588483932'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55972) 1998 QS20'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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