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(85940) 1999 DS8

Summary

(85940) 1999 DS8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (85940) 1999 DS8 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's follows is recorded as (85939) 1999 DN5[5].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's followed by is recorded as (85941) 1999 DC9[6].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 XK2[9].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 DS8[10].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-02-18T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 2085940[12].
  • (85940) 1999 DS8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 85940[13].

Body

Designation and Status

(85940) 1999 DS8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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