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(73468) 2002 OB8

Summary

(73468) 2002 OB8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (73468) 2002 OB8 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's follows is recorded as (73467) 2002 OV5[5].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's followed by is recorded as (73469) 2002 OZ12[6].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 OB8[9].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-07-18T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20073468[11].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1359653408213584'}[12].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.51'}[13].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.002171805847201'}[14].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2087.620007711501'}[15].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+278.0132655114109'}[16].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.196700991406015'}[17].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.631341531206508'}[18].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.762060451605522'}[19].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+149.905068347985'}[20].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+280.9684831169112'}[21].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+6.811'}[22].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121gvc0d[23].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}[24].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 73468[25].
  • (73468) 2002 OB8's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(73468) 2002 OB8'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 . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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