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(68285) 2001 FQ18

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(68285) 2001 FQ18

Summary

(68285) 2001 FQ18 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68285) 2001 FQ18 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18 followed (68284) 2001 FJ17[5].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18 was followed by (68286) 2001 FP22[6].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 JH74[9].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 FQ18[10].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 19, 2001[11].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1619080314051211'}[12].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.16'}[13].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.60563394552567'}[14].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2106.097469032135'}[15].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+201.6614919188616'}[16].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.215535877210819'}[17].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.736156961002562'}[18].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.694914793419076'}[19].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+124.6523573413152'}[20].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+274.2548777541789'}[21].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+7.914'}[22].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.085'}[23].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (68285) 2001 FQ18's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461102.1321803993'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(68285) 2001 FQ18'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. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → (68284) 2001 FJ17
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
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    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.16"
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