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(66029) 1998 QC61

Summary

(66029) 1998 QC61 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66029) 1998 QC61 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61 followed (66028) 1998 QU51[5].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61 was followed by (66030) 1998 QY64[6].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QC61[9].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 23, 1998[10].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1648087897050726'}[11].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.31'}[12].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.2036405831157'}[13].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2058.380616838084'}[14].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+163.5688232507256'}[15].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.166782024854229'}[16].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.688695537630234'}[17].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.644868512078225'}[18].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+160.0480406609473'}[19].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+235.5026212460684'}[20].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.676'}[21].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.138'}[22].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (66029) 1998 QC61's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461312.3416424287'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(66029) 1998 QC61'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. 8w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diameter → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1648087897050726'}
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Discoverer or inventor → Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.31"
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