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(66042) 1998 QA78

Summary

(66042) 1998 QA78 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66042) 1998 QA78 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78 followed (66041) 1998 QZ77[5].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78 was followed by (66043) 1998 QH79[6].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QA78[9].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JY6[10].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 24, 1998[11].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2160703385012491'}[12].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.0'}[13].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.50861457443823'}[14].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1946.427225822881'}[15].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+213.2140750258312'}[16].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.050889623957198'}[17].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.710096377735578'}[18].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.391682870178817'}[19].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+123.7854517780976'}[20].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+339.9440022849379'}[21].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.698'}[22].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.072'}[23].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66042) 1998 QA78's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460708.9376110933'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66042) 1998 QA78'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. 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': '+0.2160703385012491'}
    Discoverer or inventor → Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.0'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.0"
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