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(99993) 1981 ED42

Summary

(99993) 1981 ED42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (99993) 1981 ED42 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[2].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[4].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's follows is recorded as (99992) 1981 ER41[5].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's followed by is recorded as (99994) 1981 EN44[6].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 BX36[9].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 ED42[10].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20099993[12].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1408291806273468'}[13].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.45'}[14].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.66762129168636'}[15].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2024.160725938188'}[16].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+165.0627085078445'}[17].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.131586254774932'}[18].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.572604981098747'}[19].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.690567528451117'}[20].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+72.37144020630812'}[21].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+328.9496676406177'}[22].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.651'}[23].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c5_5mk6t[24].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.047'}[25].
  • (99993) 1981 ED42's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet99993Provisional1981ED42"][26].

Body

Designation and Status

(99993) 1981 ED42'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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