2008 LC18

Neptune trojan
Thing asteroid Q11054
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2008 LC18

Summary

2008 LC18 is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 2008 LC18 is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard[3].
  • 2008 LC18 is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo[4].
  • 2008 LC18's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 2008 LC18's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea[6].
  • 2008 LC18's minor planet group is recorded as Neptune trojan[7].
  • 2008 LC18's minor planet group is recorded as centaur[8].
  • 2008 LC18's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 2008 LC18's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-06-07T00:00:00Z[10].
  • 2008 LC18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}[11].
  • 2008 LC18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08569236586014961'}[12].
  • 2008 LC18's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5-Neptune-Sun[13].
  • 2008 LC18's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+23.2'}[14].
  • 2008 LC18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.2'}[15].
  • 2008 LC18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.21'}[16].
  • 2008 LC18's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.584'}[17].
  • 2008 LC18's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.59513352197561'}[18].
  • 2008 LC18's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+59679.36417742692'}[19].
  • 2008 LC18's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+88.5'}[20].
  • 2008 LC18's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+88.58118065035114'}[21].
  • 2008 LC18's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+29.88710438651545'}[22].
  • 2008 LC18's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+32.44820107010521'}[23].
  • 2008 LC18's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+27.32600770292569'}[24].
  • 2008 LC18's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.9'}[25].
  • 2008 LC18's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.808031811040047'}[26].
  • 2008 LC18's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+179.1'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

2008 LC18's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

2008 LC18 has Wikipedia articles in 12 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. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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