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(20171) 1996 WC2

Summary

(20171) 1996 WC2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (20171) 1996 WC2 is credited with the discovery of Luciano Lai[2].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Osservatorio Madonna di Dossobuono[4].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's follows is recorded as (20170) 1996 VM30[5].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's followed by is recorded as (20172) 1996 XT16[6].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 JC3[9].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 WC2[10].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-30T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020171[12].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}[13].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0318108'}[14].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03325664250065817'}[15].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}[16].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}[17].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.58'}[18].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.03534'}[19].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.033641556343659'}[20].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.68'}[21].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1344.050095118242'}[22].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+69.70971'}[23].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+69.6070319632011'}[24].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3839251'}[25].
  • (20171) 1996 WC2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.383479125405868'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(20171) 1996 WC2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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