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(62412) 2000 SY178

Summary

(62412) 2000 SY178 is an asteroid[1]. (62412) 2000 SY178 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (62412) 2000 SY178 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[5].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178 followed (62411) 2000 SX178[6].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178 was followed by (62413) 2000 SE179[7].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 SY178[10].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 28, 2000[11].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0757758678233189'}[12].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.86'}[13].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.706293955474347'}[14].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2046.111337911478'}[15].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+3.33'}[16].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+328.8138482860455'}[17].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.154185444951283'}[18].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.393196584318148'}[19].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.915174305584419'}[20].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+169.86712865'}[21].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.74600684317376'}[22].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+10.374'}[23].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.065'}[24].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (62412) 2000 SY178's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460507.466699666'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(62412) 2000 SY178's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(62412) 2000 SY178 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20062412
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.86'}
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
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