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(68806) 2002 GR40

Summary

(68806) 2002 GR40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68806) 2002 GR40 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40 followed (68805) 2002 GW38[5].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40 was followed by (68807) 2002 GJ43[6].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 GR40[9].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as April 4, 2002[10].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1150751686467664'}[11].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.14'}[12].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.356383064199068'}[13].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1259.961544006476'}[14].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+5.764'}[15].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+336.6164135694543'}[16].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.282999985518744'}[17].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.545716593872879'}[18].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.020283377164609'}[19].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+342.1995166756933'}[20].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+76.18491601564213'}[21].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.594'}[22].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.439'}[23].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (68806) 2002 GR40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460333.860932186'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(68806) 2002 GR40'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 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.439'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 16.14"
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