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(58973) 1998 RX16

Summary

(58973) 1998 RX16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (58973) 1998 RX16 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's follows is recorded as (58972) 1998 RO16[5].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's followed by is recorded as (58974) 1998 RP22[6].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 NW22[9].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 RX16[10].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-14T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20058973[12].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2289026900341735'}[13].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.86'}[14].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.702691483159954'}[15].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1487.268418127778'}[16].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+174.0373832601276'}[17].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.549924290278736'}[18].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.13360881970702'}[19].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.966239760850453'}[20].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+201.8939068429194'}[21].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+218.465983539061'}[22].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 58973[23].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (58973) 1998 RX16's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461585.219646592'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(58973) 1998 RX16'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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