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(65998) 1998 MX40

Summary

(65998) 1998 MX40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (65998) 1998 MX40 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[2].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[4].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's follows is recorded as (65997) 1998 ME35[5].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's followed by is recorded as (65999) 1998 ND[6].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AT255[9].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XN75[10].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MX40[11].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-06-28T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20065998[13].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2326306606270476'}[14].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.95'}[15].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.774653609362696'}[16].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1681.998974437176'}[17].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+91.24383159626493'}[18].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.767907249801329'}[19].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.411807341877007'}[20].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.124007157725651'}[21].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+244.6666691161021'}[22].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+223.08870819271'}[23].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.474'}[24].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.067'}[25].
  • (65998) 1998 MX40's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 65998[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(65998) 1998 MX40'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 . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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