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(59781) 1999 NU42

Summary

(59781) 1999 NU42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (59781) 1999 NU42 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's follows is recorded as (59780) 1999 NB42[5].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's followed by is recorded as (59782) 1999 NG43[6].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 NU42[9].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-07-14T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20059781[11].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05864380077463519'}[12].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.92'}[13].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.04425426623138'}[14].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2095.133966860033'}[15].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+315.8311330780863'}[16].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.204366976105866'}[17].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.392283234661439'}[18].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.016450717550293'}[19].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+162.3478834408536'}[20].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+49.95441301444922'}[21].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 59781[22].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[23].
  • (59781) 1999 NU42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460709.7744791633'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(59781) 1999 NU42'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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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