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(242450) 2004 QY2

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(242450) 2004 QY2

Summary

(242450) 2004 QY2 is a potentially hazardous asteroid[1]. (242450) 2004 QY2 draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #29 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • (242450) 2004 QY2 is credited with the discovery of Siding Spring Survey[3].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[4].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid[6].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[7].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[8].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 QY2[10].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-08-20T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k0r473[12].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20242450[13].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.47730'}[14].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4771213329929951'}[15].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.67'}[16].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.64'}[17].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.025'}[18].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.03320455447272'}[19].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+412.1552821634397'}[20].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+295.33'}[21].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+295.271951401995'}[22].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.083864425536002'}[23].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.600999265031426'}[24].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.5667295860405779'}[25].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+104.97'}[26].
  • (242450) 2004 QY2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+104.9855658026866'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

(242450) 2004 QY2 draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #29 of 147).[2] (242450) 2004 QY2 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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