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(70948) 1999 WW16

Summary

(70948) 1999 WW16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70948) 1999 WW16 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16 followed Q8449967[5].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16 was followed by (70949) 1999 WX17[6].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 WW16[9].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 30, 1999[10].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2464654236099514'}[11].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.71'}[12].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.42825732659421'}[13].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1485.404106283034'}[14].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+31.77092513251652'}[15].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.547792934242037'}[16].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.175735799050442'}[17].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.919850069433632'}[18].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+268.92402928'}[19].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+108.2121937912482'}[20].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (70948) 1999 WW16's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460154.003230535'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(70948) 1999 WW16'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d 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': '
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.2464654236099514±0.0000000032064"
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