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(120178) 2003 OP32

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(120178) 2003 OP32

Summary

(120178) 2003 OP32 is an asteroid[1]. (120178) 2003 OP32 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (120178) 2003 OP32 is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown[3].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32 is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo[4].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32 is credited with the discovery of David L. Rabinowitz[5].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's image is recorded as Haumea family orbits.png[6].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's instance of is recorded as asteroid[7].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's instance of is recorded as possible dwarf planet[8].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[9].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[10].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's follows is recorded as (120177) 2003 LW3[11].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's followed by is recorded as (120179) 2003 QY75[12].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[13].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[14].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 OP32[15].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-07-26T00:00:00Z[16].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027dpb7[17].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20120178[18].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's asteroid family is recorded as Haumea family[19].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.105'}[20].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1034253607854389'}[21].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.8'}[22].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.0'}[23].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.189'}[24].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.15478452364265'}[25].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+103620.9218616057'}[26].
  • (120178) 2003 OP32's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.71'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[7], possible dwarf planet[8], and trans-Neptunian object[9].

Why It Matters

(120178) 2003 OP32 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] (120178) 2003 OP32 has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Chadwick Trujillo Michael E. Brown

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . web.gps.caltech.edu. web.gps.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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