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(17359) 1978 UP4

Summary

(17359) 1978 UP4 is an asteroid[1]. (17359) 1978 UP4 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • (17359) 1978 UP4 is credited with the discovery of C. Michelle Olmstead[3].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's follows is recorded as 17358 Lozino-Lozinskij[6].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's followed by is recorded as (17360) 1978 UX5[7].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 JN8[10].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 UP4[11].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QM172[12].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-10-27T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017359[14].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}[15].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1791266'}[16].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1777364933613976'}[17].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}[18].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.13'}[19].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.45908'}[20].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.462656510246128'}[21].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.51'}[22].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1646.135776153401'}[23].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+235.47463'}[24].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+235.4184878275712'}[25].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7278604'}[26].
  • (17359) 1978 UP4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.728421634741367'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(17359) 1978 UP4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(17359) 1978 UP4 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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