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(73494) 2002 QF42

asteroid
Place asteroid Q5758607

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(73493) 2002 QT41[4]
Followed by
(73495) 2002 QE43[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.02[12]
Albedo
0.064[22]
Apoapsis
3.607795849721801[17]
Argument of periapsis
317.9327507019779[19]
Diameter
9.552[21]
Discoverer or inventor
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
333.7905727445385[15]
Mean anomaly
32.86047241825234[20]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt, outer asteroid belt[6][7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1230803956580338[11]
Orbital inclination
14.72962384027708[13]
Orbital period
2103.028166349628[14]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.817026208734532[18]
Provisional designation
2002 QF42[9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.212411029228166[16]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
August 30, 2002[10]
Time of periapsis
2460808.5375026246
🏷️ Also known as
en (73494) 2002 QF42 ru 2002 QF42 zh 小行星73494
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122t67zm
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20073494
Minor Planet Center body ID
73494

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(73495) 2002 QE43
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(73495) 2002 QE43
Follows 1
(73493) 2002 QT41
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(73493) 2002 QT41
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 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 . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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