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(59429) 1999 GK8

Summary

(59429) 1999 GK8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (59429) 1999 GK8 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's follows is recorded as (59428) 1999 GK7[5].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's followed by is recorded as (59430) 1999 GT12[6].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 SU17[9].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GK8[10].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-04-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20059429[12].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1710761498242873'}[13].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.64'}[14].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.105446518503853'}[15].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1497.086468582617'}[16].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+8.38'}[17].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+258.9594781538119'}[18].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.561134022560116'}[19].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.999282970323689'}[20].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.122985074796542'}[21].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+358.7225452155017'}[22].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+135.0376190180533'}[23].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 59429[24].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (59429) 1999 GK8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460438.936132829'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(59429) 1999 GK8'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] ↑ . 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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