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(58508) 1996 WA2

Summary

(58508) 1996 WA2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (58508) 1996 WA2 is credited with the discovery of Luciano Lai[2].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Osservatorio Madonna di Dossobuono[4].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's follows is recorded as (58507) 1996 VX32[5].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's followed by is recorded as (58509) 1996 XB1[6].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 SD6[9].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 WA2[10].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-30T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20058508[12].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09878647537441423'}[13].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.87'}[14].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.92333318119311'}[15].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1609.080587166154'}[16].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+63.09961294397193'}[17].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.687321204357726'}[18].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.952792194335152'}[19].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.421850214380301'}[20].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+339.3362333009708'}[21].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+221.5888412823144'}[22].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.485'}[23].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.238'}[24].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 58508[25].
  • (58508) 1996 WA2's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(58508) 1996 WA2'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] ↑ . 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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