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(70707) 1999 UC42

Summary

(70707) 1999 UC42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70707) 1999 UC42 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42 followed (70706) 1999 UM41[5].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42 was followed by (70708) 1999 UR43[6].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 UC42[9].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 20, 1999[10].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02813772815876187'}[11].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.12'}[12].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.551448612263374'}[13].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1586.247433014662'}[14].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+55.1899'}[15].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+251.7670860264455'}[16].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.661838303942847'}[17].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.73673638654177'}[18].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.586940221343923'}[19].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+221.9397620769033'}[20].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+181.3926480368062'}[21].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.197'}[22].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.065'}[23].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (70707) 1999 UC42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461387.4873710256'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(70707) 1999 UC42'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. 7w 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': '
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.02813772815876187±0.0000000016925"
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