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(70399) 1999 RQ240

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(70399) 1999 RQ240

Summary

(70399) 1999 RQ240 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70399) 1999 RQ240 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240 followed (70398) 1999 RD240[5].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240 was followed by (70400) 1999 RG241[6].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 FZ96[9].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RQ240[10].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 11, 1999[11].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2350993013049761'}[12].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.08'}[13].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.80426411499604'}[14].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1534.593136288595'}[15].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+53.60249660176809'}[16].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.603733613198441'}[17].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.215869566445674'}[18].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.991597659951206'}[19].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+24.16602322535173'}[20].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+293.6787606493023'}[21].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (70399) 1999 RQ240's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460883.211440827'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(70399) 1999 RQ240'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 · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.08"
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