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(99877) 2002 PB78

Summary

(99877) 2002 PB78 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (99877) 2002 PB78 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's follows is recorded as (99876) 2002 PB74[5].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's followed by is recorded as (99878) 2002 PW83[6].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 PB78[9].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FW3[10].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-08-11T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20099877[12].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2722535740003688'}[13].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.0'}[14].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.26259685004237'}[15].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2870.500112871444'}[16].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+347.1472952619995'}[17].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.952811407959726'}[18].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.028978441126191'}[19].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.876644374793261'}[20].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.6438954505571'}[21].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+290.0980087523599'}[22].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+15.064'}[23].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.065'}[24].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet99877Provisional2002PB78"][25].
  • (99877) 2002 PB78's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 99877[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(99877) 2002 PB78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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