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(56990) 2000 SZ242

Summary

(56990) 2000 SZ242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (56990) 2000 SZ242 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's follows is recorded as (56989) 2000 SS242[5].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's followed by is recorded as (56991) 2000 SB282[6].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 SZ242[9].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-09-24T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20056990[11].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.03468328516711681'}[12].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.35'}[13].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.295949413106616'}[14].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1819.24977377598'}[15].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+44.36841558663096'}[16].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.916504170630231'}[17].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.017658116471285'}[18].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.815350224789178'}[19].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+207.4081643972014'}[20].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+113.6135092361821'}[21].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.163'}[22].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.281'}[23].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 56990[24].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (56990) 2000 SZ242's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460426.3573584007'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(56990) 2000 SZ242'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 . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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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