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(60268) 1999 XU38

Summary

(60268) 1999 XU38 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (60268) 1999 XU38 is credited with the discovery of Gary Hug[2].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38 is credited with the discovery of Graham E. Bell[3].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Farpoint Observatory[5].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's follows is recorded as (60267) 1999 XF27[6].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's followed by is recorded as (60269) 1999 XN46[7].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[8].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XU38[10].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-12-06T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20060268[12].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07574537545094384'}[13].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.55'}[14].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.43071593632118'}[15].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2128.767947208418'}[16].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+39.06245298077162'}[17].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.238569814833132'}[18].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.483876501381761'}[19].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.993263128284503'}[20].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+298.0224729837163'}[21].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.4321312419717'}[22].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+11.331'}[23].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.072'}[24].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 60268[25].
  • (60268) 1999 XU38's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(60268) 1999 XU38's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . 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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