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(66948) 1999 XN5

Summary

(66948) 1999 XN5 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66948) 1999 XN5 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5 followed Q8334437[5].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5 was followed by (66949) 1999 XO7[6].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BD14[9].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XN5[10].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 4, 1999[11].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0867070179307312'}[12].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.96'}[13].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.9839677954939645'}[14].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1809.345114279069'}[15].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+215.8869748664806'}[16].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.905908866766438'}[17].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.157871558982227'}[18].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.65394617455065'}[19].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+208.3565506785772'}[20].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.187328914935956'}[21].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.93'}[22].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.271'}[23].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66948) 1999 XN5's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460569.4027407146'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66948) 1999 XN5'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. 27d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0867070179307312'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.96"
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