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(78587) 2002 SZ12

Summary

(78587) 2002 SZ12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (78587) 2002 SZ12 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's follows is recorded as Q15191727[5].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's followed by is recorded as Q15191729[6].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[7].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 SZ12[9].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 LR[10].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CF28[11].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-09-27T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20078587[13].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3240143684682112'}[14].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.88'}[15].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.3020601026712'}[16].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1334.363572729193'}[17].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.2826635845798'}[18].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.372013558187267'}[19].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.140580033241349'}[20].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.603447083133185'}[21].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+293.7348096282844'}[22].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+205.6879825511995'}[23].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 78587[24].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[25].
  • (78587) 2002 SZ12's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461372.4675969947'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(78587) 2002 SZ12'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 . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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