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(71946) 2000 WS87

Summary

(71946) 2000 WS87 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (71946) 2000 WS87 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87 followed (71945) 2000 WG87[5].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87 was followed by (71947) 2000 WW87[6].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WS87[9].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 20, 2000[10].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07328016497436668'}[11].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.06'}[12].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.037809520903719'}[13].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1278.796779766876'}[14].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+39.495'}[15].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+63.28998813463279'}[16].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.305696134114208'}[17].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.474657927202857'}[18].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.13673434102556'}[19].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.19840311337837'}[20].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+303.8724072307355'}[21].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (71946) 2000 WS87's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460799.8771802485'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(71946) 2000 WS87'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 . 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. 23d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Followed by → (71947) 2000 WW87
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 16.06"
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