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(68908) 2002 JW117

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(68908) 2002 JW117

Summary

(68908) 2002 JW117 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68908) 2002 JW117 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117 followed (68907) 2002 JV110[5].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117 was followed by (68909) 2002 JN119[6].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 JW117[9].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 4, 2002[10].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1300109434978872'}[11].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.47'}[12].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.32241463611803'}[13].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1919.652135008841'}[14].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+129.7632684020591'}[15].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.022846351233318'}[16].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.415849457406307'}[17].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.629843245060329'}[18].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+243.5281726437929'}[19].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+327.4419838139254'}[20].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.728'}[21].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.087'}[22].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (68908) 2002 JW117's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460774.1112924535'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(68908) 2002 JW117'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. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Time of discovery or invention → +2002-05-04T00:00:00Z
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.47"
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