(148975) 2001 XA255

Summary

(148975) 2001 XA255 is a centaur^[1]. (148975) 2001 XA255 draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (centaur category, ranking #12 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• (148975) 2001 XA255 is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[3].
• (148975) 2001 XA255 is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[4].
• (148975) 2001 XA255 is credited with the discovery of Jan Kleyna^[5].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's instance of is recorded as centaur^[6].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories^[7].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's follows is recorded as (148974) 2001 XD250^[8].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's followed by is recorded as (148976) 2001 XN264^[9].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[10].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 XA255^[12].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-12-09T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0n5vwb1^[14].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 2148975^[15].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.67843'}^[16].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.1'}^[17].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.62'}^[18].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.041'}^[19].
• (148975) 2001 XA255's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 148975^[20].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include David Clifford Jewitt^[3], an astronomer^[21], b. 1958^[22], of United States^[23], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics^[24], specialised in astronomy^[25]; Scott S. Sheppard^[4], an astronomer^[26], b. 1977^[27], of United States^[28], specialised in astronomy^[29]; and Jan Kleyna^[5], an astronomer^[30], b. 1970^[31], of United Kingdom^[32], specialised in astronomy^[33].

Why It Matters

(148975) 2001 XA255 draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (centaur category, ranking #12 of 25).^[2]