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10072 Uruguay

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10072 Uruguay

Summary

10072 Uruguay is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 10072 Uruguay is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • 10072 Uruguay's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 10072 Uruguay's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • Uruguay is named after 10072 Uruguay[6].
  • 10072 Uruguay's follows is recorded as Q1480005[7].
  • 10072 Uruguay's followed by is recorded as 10073 Peterhiscocks[8].
  • 10072 Uruguay's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 10072 Uruguay's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 10072 Uruguay's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 GF1[11].
  • 10072 Uruguay's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AK[12].
  • 10072 Uruguay's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-04-03T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 10072 Uruguay's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010072[14].
  • 10072 Uruguay's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 10072 Uruguay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}[16].
  • 10072 Uruguay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1049105'}[17].
  • 10072 Uruguay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1050743276365438'}[18].
  • 10072 Uruguay's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}[19].
  • 10072 Uruguay's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.62'}[20].
  • 10072 Uruguay's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.73664'}[21].
  • 10072 Uruguay's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.736927782200064'}[22].
  • 10072 Uruguay's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.44'}[23].
  • 10072 Uruguay's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1255.46658593813'}[24].
  • 10072 Uruguay's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+338.14360'}[25].
  • 10072 Uruguay's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+338.0960417189054'}[26].
  • 10072 Uruguay's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2780116'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

10072 Uruguay is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].

Why It Matters

10072 Uruguay has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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