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(64943) 2001 YZ120

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(64943) 2001 YZ120

Summary

(64943) 2001 YZ120 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (64943) 2001 YZ120 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120 followed (64942) 2001 YO120[5].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120 was followed by (64944) 2001 YG121[6].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 YZ120[9].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 20, 2001[10].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.187937753294613'}[11].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.79'}[12].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.58913649850015'}[13].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1674.160531510765'}[14].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+101.9230274596468'}[15].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.759301232136338'}[16].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.277878106367099'}[17].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.240724357905577'}[18].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+194.7375142773207'}[19].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+168.8722661273469'}[20].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+7.275'}[21].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.058'}[22].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (64943) 2001 YZ120's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459815.168658841'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(64943) 2001 YZ120'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 . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Provisional designation → 2001 YZ120
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.79"
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