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(73972) 1998 BA18

Summary

(73972) 1998 BA18 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (73972) 1998 BA18 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's follows is recorded as (73971) 1998 BN8[5].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's followed by is recorded as (73973) 1998 BF22[6].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[8].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 BA18[10].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QV80[11].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-01-22T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20073972[13].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03641580629275092'}[14].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.84'}[15].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.57006870162212'}[16].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2130.48646171804'}[17].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+334.5030845938948'}[18].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.240312538261009'}[19].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.358311131982294'}[20].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.122313944539724'}[21].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+161.4039514251808'}[22].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+287.6899121661797'}[23].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+10.137'}[24].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121cb1d5[25].
  • (73972) 1998 BA18's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.068'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(73972) 1998 BA18'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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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