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(69940) 1998 UD26

Summary

(69940) 1998 UD26 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (69940) 1998 UD26 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[2].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[4].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26 followed (69939) 1998 UQ25[5].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26 was followed by (69941) 1998 UL30[6].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 UD26[9].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 LA2[10].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 18, 1998[11].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1499060711088688'}[12].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.56'}[13].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.98246428217992'}[14].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1681.906177759754'}[15].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+62.42371546173906'}[16].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.767805444365482'}[17].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.182716284124048'}[18].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.352894604606916'}[19].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+104.7925755059297'}[20].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+116.2323402944207'}[21].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.216'}[22].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.274'}[23].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (69940) 1998 UD26's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460057.466968898'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(69940) 1998 UD26'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.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diameter → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount':
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Site of astronomical discovery → La Silla Observatory
    Imported from → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.1499060711088688±0.00000000079559"
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