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(68861) 2002 JQ3

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(68861) 2002 JQ3

Summary

(68861) 2002 JQ3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68861) 2002 JQ3 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3 followed (68860) 2002 JF2[5].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3 was followed by (68862) 2002 JU5[6].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 JQ3[9].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BW81[10].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 3, 2002[11].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1133426191242405'}[12].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.28'}[13].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+16.92881824200229'}[14].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2059.177188340963'}[15].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+218.9389921449732'}[16].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.167598979575161'}[17].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.526622944255482'}[18].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.808575014894841'}[19].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+48.11756989815998'}[20].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+311.0890042348719'}[21].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (68861) 2002 JQ3's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460880.267796496'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(68861) 2002 JQ3'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. 23d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20068861
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of discovery or invention → +2002-05-03T00:00:00Z
    Follows → (68860) 2002 JF2
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.28"
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