(308242) 2005 GO21

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(308242) 2005 GO21

Summary

(308242) 2005 GO21 is a potentially hazardous asteroid[1]. (308242) 2005 GO21 draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #30 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • (308242) 2005 GO21 is credited with the discovery of Siding Spring Survey[3].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's image is recorded as 2005GO21-20120617.jpg[4].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[5].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[6].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid[7].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[8].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's minor planet group is recorded as Aten asteroid[9].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's Commons category is recorded as (308242) 2005 GO21[10].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 GO21[12].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-04-01T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k0vdn1[14].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20308242[15].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.34005'}[16].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3399040110175739'}[17].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.5'}[18].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.18'}[19].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.915'}[20].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.92743785580559'}[21].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+238.7923403015538'}[22].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.0'}[23].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+272.71'}[24].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+272.6691700271604'}[25].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7532653260964515'}[26].
  • (308242) 2005 GO21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.009303231797096'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid[5], near-Earth object[6], and near-Earth asteroid[7].

Why It Matters

(308242) 2005 GO21 draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #30 of 147).[2] (308242) 2005 GO21 has Wikipedia articles in 7 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] . 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. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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