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(68741) 2002 EM40

Summary

(68741) 2002 EM40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68741) 2002 EM40 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's follows is recorded as (68740) 2002 EY38[5].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's followed by is recorded as (68742) 2002 EO41[6].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 EM40[9].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XN21[10].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SD171[11].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-03-09T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20068741[13].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1572943751666969'}[14].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.99'}[15].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.56688140558359'}[16].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2095.349081635607'}[17].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+179.058'}[18].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+194.6475251424909'}[19].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.204586308106833'}[20].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.70864970910825'}[21].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.700522907105417'}[22].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+47.49996293509658'}[23].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+289.6283948124935'}[24].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+8.018'}[25].
  • (68741) 2002 EM40's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.057'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(68741) 2002 EM40'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 . 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.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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