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(62515) 2000 SX242

Summary

(62515) 2000 SX242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (62515) 2000 SX242 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's follows is recorded as (62514) 2000 SX241[5].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's followed by is recorded as (62516) 2000 SN243[6].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 XH157[9].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 SX242[10].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-09-24T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20062515[12].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1635689796477098'}[13].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.54'}[14].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.001905907521667'}[15].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1504.169108459031'}[16].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+106.4052188384741'}[17].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.569205396487989'}[18].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.989447701696919'}[19].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.148963091279059'}[20].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+179.0433576454094'}[21].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+355.7197987336628'}[22].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 62515[23].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (62515) 2000 SX242's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460618.3837403413'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(62515) 2000 SX242'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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.54"
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