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(450894) 2008 BT18

Summary

(450894) 2008 BT18 is a potentially hazardous asteroid[1]. (450894) 2008 BT18 draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • (450894) 2008 BT18 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's image is recorded as 2008 BT18 arecibo.gif[4].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[5].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[6].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid[7].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[8].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[9].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's Commons category is recorded as (450894) 2008 BT18[10].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 BT18[12].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-01-31T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gr9c_[14].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20450894[15].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5935'}[16].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5946032883653721'}[17].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.3'}[18].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.17'}[19].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.145571138754706'}[20].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1207.647371498615'}[21].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.5702'}[22].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+107.5254957683404'}[23].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.219360279309418'}[24].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.538999199454289'}[25].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8997213591645472'}[26].
  • (450894) 2008 BT18's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+139.3935867670465'}[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

(450894) 2008 BT18 draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).[2] (450894) 2008 BT18 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (450894) 2008 BT18 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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