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(66487) 1999 RL42

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(66487) 1999 RL42

Summary

(66487) 1999 RL42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66487) 1999 RL42 is credited with the discovery of Korado Korlević[2].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Višnjan Observatory[4].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42 followed Q8334394[5].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42 was followed by (66488) 1999 RD44[6].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 CX16[9].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RL42[10].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 13, 1999[11].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2133135039124803'}[12].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.36'}[13].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.549101655936715'}[14].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1712.802803453023'}[15].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+41.18740850731221'}[16].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.801598903963813'}[17].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.399217782725699'}[18].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.203980025201928'}[19].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+309.6177559260167'}[20].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+152.2977922023681'}[21].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+8.093'}[22].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.068'}[23].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66487) 1999 RL42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459875.8997626556'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66487) 1999 RL42'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. 28d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20066487
    Time of discovery or invention → +1999-09-13T00:00:00Z
    Minor planet center body id → 66487
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.36"
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