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(73494) 2002 QF42

Summary

(73494) 2002 QF42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (73494) 2002 QF42 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's follows is recorded as (73493) 2002 QT41[5].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's followed by is recorded as (73495) 2002 QE43[6].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[8].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 QF42[10].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-08-30T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20073494[12].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1230803956580338'}[13].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.02'}[14].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.72962384027708'}[15].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2103.028166349628'}[16].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+333.7905727445385'}[17].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.212411029228166'}[18].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.607795849721801'}[19].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.817026208734532'}[20].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+317.9327507019779'}[21].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+32.86047241825234'}[22].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+9.552'}[23].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122t67zm[24].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.064'}[25].
  • (73494) 2002 QF42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 73494[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(73494) 2002 QF42'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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