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(73962) 1997 WN40

Summary

(73962) 1997 WN40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (73962) 1997 WN40 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's follows is recorded as (73961) 1997 WP25[5].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's followed by is recorded as (73963) 1997 WO41[6].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WN40[9].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 SZ50[10].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-29T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20073962[12].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1928582078965176'}[13].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.78'}[14].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.631586096701328'}[15].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2021.243007487404'}[16].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+301.2425115718409'}[17].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.128576189619172'}[18].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.73194778681684'}[19].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.525204592421503'}[20].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+158.3827749254907'}[21].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+357.0576834005749'}[22].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5.442'}[23].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1219h4cb[24].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.104'}[25].
  • (73962) 1997 WN40's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 73962[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(73962) 1997 WN40'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 . 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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