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(68956) 2002 RD18

Summary

(68956) 2002 RD18 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68956) 2002 RD18 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's follows is recorded as (68955) 2002 RR12[5].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's followed by is recorded as (68957) 2002 RE25[6].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 RD18[9].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 FG64[10].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PC28[11].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-09-04T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20068956[13].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09709638615595349'}[14].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.73'}[15].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.885737194019127'}[16].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1938.339211557251'}[17].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+148.7752525273782'}[18].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.042432159162952'}[19].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.337841326942329'}[20].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.747022991383574'}[21].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+227.6069296869398'}[22].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+39.72206430947018'}[23].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 68956[24].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[25].
  • (68956) 2002 RD18's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460386.6254588473'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(68956) 2002 RD18'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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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