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(65461) 2002 WU12

Summary

(65461) 2002 WU12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (65461) 2002 WU12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[2].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Fountain Hills Observatory[3].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's follows is recorded as (65460) 2002 WU11[4].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's followed by is recorded as (65462) 2002 XB2[5].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[6].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 WU12[8].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 QM2[9].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-11-28T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20065461[11].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2139429004792492'}[12].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.77'}[13].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.53161965969551'}[14].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1558.774755410944'}[15].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+10.21178'}[16].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+166.8710844983151'}[17].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.631014800848916'}[18].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.193901738546367'}[19].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.068127863151465'}[20].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+223.0909033600832'}[21].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+71.79585998049747'}[22].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.458'}[23].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.051'}[24].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 65461[25].
  • (65461) 2002 WU12's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(65461) 2002 WU12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . 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.
  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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  1. 4w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.77"
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