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(75808) 2000 AZ242

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(75808) 2000 AZ242

Summary

(75808) 2000 AZ242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (75808) 2000 AZ242 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242 followed (75807) 2000 AD239[5].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242 was followed by (75809) 2000 AC243[6].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AZ242[9].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VL56[10].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 7, 2000[11].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02657000075384804'}[12].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.27'}[13].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.493670900282821'}[14].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1526.079303355629'}[15].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+240.4160235318113'}[16].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.594094445338152'}[17].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.66301953670634'}[18].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.525169353969964'}[19].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+311.0861155340341'}[20].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+283.8716074681049'}[21].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.121'}[22].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.286'}[23].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (75808) 2000 AZ242's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460923.216567335'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(75808) 2000 AZ242'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. 26d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Site of astronomical discovery → Anderson Mesa Station
    Albedo → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.286'}
    Imported from → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.27"
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