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(62872) 2000 UC87

Summary

(62872) 2000 UC87 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (62872) 2000 UC87 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's follows is recorded as (62871) 2000 UA87[5].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's followed by is recorded as (62873) 2000 UK87[6].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 UC87[9].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GF40[10].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-10-31T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20062872[12].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.198136913267377'}[13].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.69'}[14].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.070352978422575'}[15].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1206.973100753378'}[16].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+21.131'}[17].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+77.13759419685718'}[18].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.218534106022676'}[19].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.658107605768409'}[20].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.778960606276943'}[21].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+202.4655580193595'}[22].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+195.3175477933314'}[23].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 62872[24].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[25].
  • (62872) 2000 UC87's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461152.6313610543'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(62872) 2000 UC87'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 . 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] ↑ . 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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