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(59966) 1999 RS238

Summary

(59966) 1999 RS238 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (59966) 1999 RS238 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's follows is recorded as (59965) 1999 RJ236[5].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's followed by is recorded as (59967) 1999 RP240[6].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RS238[9].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-08T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20059966[11].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1125598439481013'}[12].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.62'}[13].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.18257038391693'}[14].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1972.035542344821'}[15].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+39.82187609502882'}[16].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.077590793423749'}[17].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.424003932867639'}[18].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.731177653979858'}[19].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+265.2759529329945'}[20].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+357.1092482012806'}[21].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.072'}[22].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.117'}[23].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 59966[24].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (59966) 1999 RS238's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461016.3351813643'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(59966) 1999 RS238's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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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