(179806) 2002 TD66

Summary

(179806) 2002 TD66 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. (179806) 2002 TD66 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #33 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• (179806) 2002 TD66 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's follows is recorded as (179805) 2002 TS62^[8].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's followed by is recorded as (179807) 2002 TO68^[9].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[10].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 TD66^[12].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-10-05T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0269v4q^[14].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20179806^[15].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5348456155026635'}^[16].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+20.46'}^[17].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.9197'}^[18].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.926853253108552'}^[19].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+924.8165150052464'}^[20].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.455'}^[21].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+335.5211567292808'}^[22].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.857682257208892'}^[23].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.851255467474159'}^[24].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8641090469436249'}^[25].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.8991033841692'}^[26].
• (179806) 2002 TD66's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.1665680571621'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

(179806) 2002 TD66 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #33 of 147).^[2] (179806) 2002 TD66 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]