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(70641) 1999 TS240

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(70641) 1999 TS240

Summary

(70641) 1999 TS240 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70641) 1999 TS240 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240 followed (70640) 1999 TR239[5].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240 was followed by Q8334905[6].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TS240[9].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 4, 1999[10].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07064818946866089'}[11].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.54'}[12].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.511899627359655'}[13].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1520.960374577728'}[14].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+94.22888901676019'}[15].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.588290282393163'}[16].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.771148304663569'}[17].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.405432260122757'}[18].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+342.125658055952'}[19].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+317.7412079733398'}[20].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.761'}[21].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.176'}[22].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (70641) 1999 TS240's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460779.0387448613'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(70641) 1999 TS240'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w 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': '
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.54"
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