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(66837) 1999 US48

Summary

(66837) 1999 US48 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66837) 1999 US48 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (66837) 1999 US48 followed Q8456720[5].
  • (66837) 1999 US48 was followed by (66838) 1999 UF49[6].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BQ55[9].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 US48[10].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 31, 1999[11].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1707172524020666'}[12].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.22'}[13].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.13577236238098'}[14].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1486.816558469919'}[15].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.8434113789223'}[16].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.549407788009705'}[17].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.984635680831153'}[18].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.114179895188258'}[19].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+63.09221654901273'}[20].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+78.58618858241107'}[21].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (66837) 1999 US48's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460275.935426524'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(66837) 1999 US48'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1707172524020666'}
    Followed by → (66838) 1999 UF49
    Instance of → asteroid
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.22"
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