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(71940) 2000 WC78

Summary

(71940) 2000 WC78 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (71940) 2000 WC78 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's follows is recorded as (71939) 2000 WZ74[5].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's followed by is recorded as (71941) 2000 WS80[6].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WC78[9].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 JW38[10].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-20T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20071940[12].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09573869959319893'}[13].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.24'}[14].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.342930689429722'}[15].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1298.983064838706'}[16].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+352.8757707898797'}[17].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.329896924789322'}[18].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.552958226554845'}[19].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.106835623023799'}[20].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+165.1523526722648'}[21].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+282.2828414677033'}[22].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.849'}[23].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h_3t6rzr[24].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.072'}[25].
  • (71940) 2000 WC78's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 71940[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(71940) 2000 WC78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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