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(68877) 2002 JW42

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(68877) 2002 JW42

Summary

(68877) 2002 JW42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68877) 2002 JW42 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42 followed (68876) 2002 JR41[5].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42 was followed by (68878) 2002 JN46[6].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 JW42[9].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 8, 2002[10].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2423423599072989'}[11].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.25'}[12].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.48597848397075'}[13].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1760.047963010701'}[14].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+6.35568'}[15].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+196.2500576418308'}[16].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.85288358852756'}[17].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.544258129912132'}[18].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.161509047142987'}[19].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+169.6415204073808'}[20].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+115.8205256800512'}[21].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (68877) 2002 JW42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460034.2508880612'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(68877) 2002 JW42'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. 24d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Minor planet center body id → 68877
    Instance of → asteroid
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.25"
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