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(99970) 1981 DB2

Summary

(99970) 1981 DB2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (99970) 1981 DB2 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[2].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[4].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's follows is recorded as (99969) 1981 DY1[5].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's followed by is recorded as (99971) 1981 DF3[6].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 UQ64[9].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 DB2[10].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-02-28T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20099970[12].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2012715467190221'}[13].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.25'}[14].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.369628741807301'}[15].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1600.593103535422'}[16].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+288.123757612864'}[17].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.677862927940112'}[18].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.216840541348148'}[19].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.138885314532077'}[20].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+196.8721421156191'}[21].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+114.0848377761228'}[22].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.009'}[23].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c2kvxyhl[24].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.053'}[25].
  • (99970) 1981 DB2's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet99970Provisional1981DB2"][26].

Body

Designation and Status

(99970) 1981 DB2'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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