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(66240) 1999 FJ9

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Summary

(66240) 1999 FJ9 is an asteroid[1]. (66240) 1999 FJ9 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Anderson Mesa Station[4]
  • Follows: (66239) 1999 FK2[5]
  • Followed by: (66241) 1999 FN17[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2000 QK96[9], 1999 FJ9[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: March 20, 1999[11]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.01830924411333134[12]
  • Absolute magnitude: 14.99[13]
  • Orbital inclination: 5.542290404616448 degree[14]
  • Orbital period: 1166.193388566986 day[15]
  • Rotation period: 49.658 hour[16]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 139.9354271566642 degree[17]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.168277011713545 astronomical unit[18]
  • Apoapsis: 2.207976524826333 astronomical unit[19]
  • Periapsis: 2.128577498600758 astronomical unit[20]
  • Argument of periapsis: 3.524286992778088 degree[21]
  • Mean anomaly: 168.4035859999209 degree[22]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[23]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460454.969031655 Julian day[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.128577498600758'}
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20066240
    Imported from → —
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+139.9354271566642'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Absolute magnitude: 15.01"
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