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(70478) 1999 TN40

Summary

(70478) 1999 TN40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70478) 1999 TN40 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40 followed (70477) 1999 TC38[5].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40 was followed by (70479) 1999 TM41[6].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TN40[9].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 5, 1999[10].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05909895775079697'}[11].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.04'}[12].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.304136263481142'}[13].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1303.923156472615'}[14].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+12.125'}[15].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+28.90303351193049'}[16].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.335800322851477'}[17].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.473843687445974'}[18].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.197756958256979'}[19].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+63.02532631601209'}[20].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+288.3692381252821'}[21].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (70478) 1999 TN40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460859.947247567'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(70478) 1999 TN40'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. 26d 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]]: 15.04"
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