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(58972) 1998 RO16

Summary

(58972) 1998 RO16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (58972) 1998 RO16 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's follows is recorded as (58971) 1998 RE11[5].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's followed by is recorded as (58973) 1998 RX16[6].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 RO16[9].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-14T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20058972[11].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2093179061679912'}[12].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.79'}[13].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.6712612059302'}[14].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1610.068978687466'}[15].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+176.8220974622183'}[16].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.688421565091338'}[17].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.251156337993131'}[18].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.125686792189545'}[19].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+129.4278207717184'}[20].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+79.3215034086796'}[21].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.089'}[22].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.057'}[23].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 58972[24].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (58972) 1998 RO16's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460645.7414111635'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(58972) 1998 RO16'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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