2012 PY16

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2012 PY16

Summary

2012 PY16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • 2012 PY16 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS1[2].
  • 2012 PY16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • 2012 PY16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • 2012 PY16's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • 2012 PY16's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • 2012 PY16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • 2012 PY16's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 PY16[8].
  • 2012 PY16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-08-12T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 2012 PY16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20747017[10].
  • 2012 PY16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07670306426141212'}[11].
  • 2012 PY16's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun[12].
  • 2012 PY16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.17'}[13].
  • 2012 PY16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.30842992350264'}[14].
  • 2012 PY16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4343.123982130016'}[15].
  • 2012 PY16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+344.4254606725795'}[16].
  • 2012 PY16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.20957786474456'}[17].
  • 2012 PY16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.609168450478892'}[18].
  • 2012 PY16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.809987279010228'}[19].
  • 2012 PY16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+341.8585971910586'}[20].
  • 2012 PY16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+42.01704614381379'}[21].
  • 2012 PY16's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65blv1[22].
  • 2012 PY16's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2012 PY16[23].
  • 2012 PY16's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • 2012 PY16's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460293.5965534295'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

2012 PY16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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