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(67949) 2000 WY159

Summary

(67949) 2000 WY159 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (67949) 2000 WY159 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's follows is recorded as (67948) 2000 WV156[5].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's followed by is recorded as (67950) 2000 WX160[6].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WY159[9].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-20T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20067949[11].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1768816745360314'}[12].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.67'}[13].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.285391221947649'}[14].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1237.283739658074'}[15].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+4.42'}[16].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+124.5237716930092'}[17].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.255522960350254'}[18].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.654483638531473'}[19].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.856562282169034'}[20].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+244.8248180513137'}[21].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+57.17770587983204'}[22].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 67949[23].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (67949) 2000 WY159's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460403.985984011'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(67949) 2000 WY159'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 . 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] ↑ . 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. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 16.67"
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