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(55983) 1998 RC72

Summary

(55983) 1998 RC72 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55983) 1998 RC72 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's follows is recorded as (55982) 1998 RS61[5].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's followed by is recorded as (55984) 1998 RZ77[6].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 RC72[9].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 BA18[10].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-14T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055983[12].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1144897623029551'}[13].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.46'}[14].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.348170642906617'}[15].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1154.770398383375'}[16].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+56.95738204667062'}[17].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.154094790681983'}[18].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.400716591245196'}[19].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.907472990118769'}[20].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+344.1337854808775'}[21].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+182.3660254534366'}[22].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55983[23].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (55983) 1998 RC72's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461570.295709871'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(55983) 1998 RC72'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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