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(38242) 1999 PB2

Summary

(38242) 1999 PB2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (38242) 1999 PB2 is credited with the discovery of John Broughton[2].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Reedy Creek Observatory[4].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's follows is recorded as (38241) 1999 PU1[5].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's followed by is recorded as (38243) 1999 PB4[6].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KR16[9].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 PB2[10].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-08-10T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20038242[12].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}[13].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0266287'}[14].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02436660260437268'}[15].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}[16].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.81'}[17].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.32123'}[18].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.320003892403411'}[19].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.25'}[20].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1553.876617933882'}[21].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.08027'}[22].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.95499462326158'}[23].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6255172'}[24].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.62550028556656'}[25].
  • (38242) 1999 PB2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.695'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(38242) 1999 PB2'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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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