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(66005) 1998 OA12

Summary

(66005) 1998 OA12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66005) 1998 OA12 is credited with the discovery of John Broughton[2].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Reedy Creek Observatory[4].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12 followed Q8334340[5].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12 was followed by (66006) 1998 OW13[6].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 OA12[9].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as July 22, 1998[10].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2360914061568265'}[11].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.16'}[12].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.84163741412874'}[13].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1677.593192323008'}[14].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+372.923'}[15].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+314.3059023063727'}[16].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.763071683536233'}[17].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.415409162614412'}[18].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.110734204458053'}[19].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+81.3985418554091'}[20].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+186.3930140126578'}[21].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.405'}[22].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.167'}[23].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66005) 1998 OA12's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461409.5052717556'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66005) 1998 OA12'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.
  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. 7w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diameter → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2360914061568265'}
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Discoverer or inventor → John Broughton
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.16"
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