51985 Kirby

Summary

51985 Kirby is an asteroid^[1].

Key Facts

• 51985 Kirby is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[2].
• 51985 Kirby's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].
• 51985 Kirby's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[4].
• 51985 Kirby's follows is recorded as (51984) 2001 SS115^[5].
• 51985 Kirby's followed by is recorded as (51986) 2001 SA172^[6].
• 51985 Kirby's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
• 51985 Kirby's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[8].
• 51985 Kirby's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 51985 Kirby's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 SA116^[10].
• 51985 Kirby's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 GG51^[11].
• 51985 Kirby's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-09-22T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 51985 Kirby's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20051985^[13].
• 51985 Kirby's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 51985 Kirby's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[15].
• 51985 Kirby's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09977898068883116'}^[16].
• 51985 Kirby's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[17].
• 51985 Kirby's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.85'}^[18].
• 51985 Kirby's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.9'}^[19].
• 51985 Kirby's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.857577727205137'}^[20].
• 51985 Kirby's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2091.423475467632'}^[21].
• 51985 Kirby's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+270.3'}^[22].
• 51985 Kirby's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+270.0703421713868'}^[23].
• 51985 Kirby's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.200582559926763'}^[24].
• 51985 Kirby's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.519933425366705'}^[25].
• 51985 Kirby's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.88123169448682'}^[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

51985 Kirby is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[2].