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(97020) 1999 TX278

Summary

(97020) 1999 TX278 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (97020) 1999 TX278 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's follows is recorded as (97019) 1999 TW274[5].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's followed by is recorded as (97021) 1999 TJ279[6].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TX278[9].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-10-06T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20097020[11].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05325204652762245'}[12].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.54'}[13].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+16.68500358797575'}[14].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1805.890160113963'}[15].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+24.5815'}[16].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+50.02049137642801'}[17].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.902208456141766'}[18].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.056756995881087'}[19].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.747659916402446'}[20].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+32.32450559777281'}[21].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+319.5003837967801'}[22].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+7.037'}[23].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.082'}[24].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 97020[25].
  • (97020) 1999 TX278's epoch is recorded as March 31, 2024[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(97020) 1999 TX278'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 . 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] ↑ . 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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