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(78955) 2003 SQ221

Summary

(78955) 2003 SQ221 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (78955) 2003 SQ221 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[2].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221 is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne[3].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium[5].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's follows is recorded as Q15190847[6].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's followed by is recorded as Q15190848[7].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 SQ221[10].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-09-26T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20078955[12].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08745930845927039'}[13].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.6'}[14].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.223147591230973'}[15].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1273.400386492222'}[16].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+355.7386255606858'}[17].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.299205026881131'}[18].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.500291908538233'}[19].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.098118145224029'}[20].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+216.4637759428341'}[21].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+235.1357034764898'}[22].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.359'}[23].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2'}[24].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 78955[25].
  • (78955) 2003 SQ221's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(78955) 2003 SQ221's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . 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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