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(66241) 1999 FN17

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Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Spacewatch[1]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Kitt Peak National Observatory[2]
  • Follows: (66240) 1999 FJ9[3]
  • Followed by: (66242) 1999 FY17[4]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[5]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[6]
  • Provisional designation: 1999 FN17[7]
  • Time of discovery or invention: March 23, 1999[8]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.06218383266258219[9]
  • Absolute magnitude: 16.08[10]
  • Orbital inclination: 3.758763073490019 degree[11]
  • Orbital period: 1694.22171557598 day[12]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 21.91918800274452 degree[13]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.781300270755273 astronomical unit[14]
  • Apoapsis: 2.954252181376313 astronomical unit[15]
  • Periapsis: 2.608348360134232 astronomical unit[16]
  • Argument of periapsis: 231.6400011804241 degree[17]
  • Mean anomaly: 221.232076172169 degree[18]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[19]
  • Time of periapsis: 2461653.565638818 Julian day[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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  1. 24w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.608348360134232'}
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20066241
    Imported from → —
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.91918800274452'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Orbital eccentricity: 0.06362227081983174±0.000000031647"
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