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(69050) 2002 XE78

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(69050) 2002 XE78

Summary

(69050) 2002 XE78 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (69050) 2002 XE78 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78 followed (69049) 2002 XP76[5].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78 was followed by (69051) 2002 XT79[6].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 XE78[9].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 QG2[10].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 11, 2002[11].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1469371843811899'}[12].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.97'}[13].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.93343514603815'}[14].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1480.851109173631'}[15].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+285.1870616107122'}[16].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.542584013687752'}[17].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.916184149711655'}[18].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.168983877663849'}[19].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.37414679896396'}[20].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+264.0147258032913'}[21].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (69050) 2002 XE78's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460995.333054885'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(69050) 2002 XE78'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. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of discovery or invention → +2002-12-11T00:00:00Z
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.97"
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