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(68998) 2002 TC157

Summary

(68998) 2002 TC157 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68998) 2002 TC157 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's follows is recorded as (68997) 2002 TE136[5].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's followed by is recorded as (68999) 2002 TQ157[6].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 TC157[9].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-10-05T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20068998[11].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08913586209398257'}[12].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.24'}[13].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.73831418713577'}[14].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2081.057058523959'}[15].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+146.3093913055123'}[16].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.189997729954401'}[17].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.474340927691734'}[18].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.905654532217068'}[19].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+328.8836192204007'}[20].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+226.4241457737021'}[21].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+7.901'}[22].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.085'}[23].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 68998[24].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[25].
  • (68998) 2002 TC157's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461372.663817461'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(68998) 2002 TC157's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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 . 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] ↑ . 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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