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(68018) 2000 YQ12

Summary

(68018) 2000 YQ12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68018) 2000 YQ12 is credited with the discovery of James M. Roe[2].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Oaxaca Observatory[4].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12 followed (68017) 2000 YX10[5].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12 was followed by (68019) 2000 YS15[6].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 YQ12[9].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VR[10].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 25, 2000[11].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1786302575277953'}[12].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.35'}[13].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.297490096904226'}[14].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1325.019742363159'}[15].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+299.0662812600664'}[16].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.360927304367561'}[17].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.782660356751142'}[18].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.93919425198398'}[19].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+104.2228177789139'}[20].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+244.9703136086764'}[21].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (68018) 2000 YQ12's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461023.8794595175'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(68018) 2000 YQ12'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. 17d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Site of astronomical discovery → Oaxaca Observatory
    Imported from → —
    Follows → (68017) 2000 YX10
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 16.35"
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