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(68858) 2002 JW

Summary

(68858) 2002 JW is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68858) 2002 JW is credited with the discovery of William Kwong Yu Yeung[2].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Desert Eagle Observatory[4].
  • (68858) 2002 JW followed (68857) 2002 JF[5].
  • (68858) 2002 JW was followed by (68859) 2002 JZ[6].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 JW[9].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 3, 2002[10].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1107983634425677'}[11].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.27'}[12].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.52664324289291'}[13].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1905.341662435437'}[14].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+83.58269281227389'}[15].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.007804638077458'}[16].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.341064469531405'}[17].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.674544806623511'}[18].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+240.634799165769'}[19].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+28.5074051639856'}[20].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.4'}[21].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.251'}[22].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (68858) 2002 JW's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460449.6212590365'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(68858) 2002 JW'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → (68857) 2002 JF
    Minor planet center body id → 68858
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.27'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.27"
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