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(74983) 1999 TP242

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(74983) 1999 TP242

Summary

(74983) 1999 TP242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (74983) 1999 TP242 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242 followed (74982) 1999 TJ242[5].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242 was followed by (74984) 1999 TW248[6].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 FQ56[9].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TP242[10].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 4, 1999[11].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06776926507168725'}[12].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.03'}[13].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.01354568065016'}[14].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1210.032755362111'}[15].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+91.17199649996203'}[16].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.222281819172198'}[17].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.37288422483967'}[18].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.071679413504726'}[19].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+309.4094184927345'}[20].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+193.0227165752425'}[21].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (74983) 1999 TP242's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461161.7443954037'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(74983) 1999 TP242'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. 18d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06776926507168725'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1457]]: 16.02, from JPL"
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