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(96179) 1988 DX4

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(96179) 1988 DX4

Summary

(96179) 1988 DX4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (96179) 1988 DX4 is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught[2].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[4].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's follows is recorded as 96178 Rochambeau[5].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's followed by is recorded as (96180) 1988 SR2[6].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 DX4[9].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 DX84[10].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-02-25T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20096179[12].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2246653379286643'}[13].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.09'}[14].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.2992898204749'}[15].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1555.752709259725'}[16].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+186.0747500816769'}[17].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.627613146440701'}[18].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.217946741931601'}[19].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.0372795509498'}[20].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+342.9167844828014'}[21].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+305.15494309928'}[22].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 96179[23].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (96179) 1988 DX4's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461237.514849619'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(96179) 1988 DX4'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 . 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] ↑ . 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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