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(58420) 1996 BU4

Summary

(58420) 1996 BU4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (58420) 1996 BU4 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's follows is recorded as (58419) 1996 BD4[5].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's followed by is recorded as (58421) 1996 BG5[6].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XT37[9].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 BU4[10].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-01-16T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20058420[12].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1000598026688359'}[13].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.32'}[14].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.213761448450117'}[15].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1210.705843399369'}[16].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+63.46192111317749'}[17].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.22310584792223'}[18].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.445549380377263'}[19].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.000662315467196'}[20].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+79.32000510112204'}[21].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+355.163713970251'}[22].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 58420[23].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (58420) 1996 BU4's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461016.7647771016'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(58420) 1996 BU4'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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