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(68983) 2002 SB40

Summary

(68983) 2002 SB40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68983) 2002 SB40 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40 followed (68982) 2002 SR29[5].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40 was followed by (68984) 2002 SF57[6].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's provisional designation is recorded as 7502 P-L[9].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 SB40[10].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 30, 2002[11].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1495093936562427'}[12].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.81'}[13].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.87078196044001'}[14].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1394.806771617868'}[15].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.66430660062236'}[16].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.443114081375262'}[17].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.808382586314706'}[18].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.077845576435818'}[19].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+340.1515731103587'}[20].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+276.8047574688896'}[21].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (68983) 2002 SB40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460922.8369101356'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(68983) 2002 SB40'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. 6w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minor planet center body id → 68983
    Followed by → (68984) 2002 SF57
    Instance of → asteroid
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.81'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.81"
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