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(58638) 1997 WA17

Summary

(58638) 1997 WA17 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (58638) 1997 WA17 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's follows is recorded as (58637) 1997 WT14[5].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's followed by is recorded as (58639) 1997 WZ17[6].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WA17[9].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-23T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20058638[11].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05983654851965087'}[12].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.97'}[13].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.08530320416316'}[14].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1838.192004570493'}[15].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+235.9840244001198'}[16].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.936713844310378'}[17].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.112436664743786'}[18].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.760991023876969'}[19].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+214.2991178213748'}[20].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+154.6742487956495'}[21].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.224'}[22].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.055'}[23].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 58638[24].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (58638) 1997 WA17's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460210.7195348637'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(58638) 1997 WA17'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 . 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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