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(79440) 1997 TM24

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(79440) 1997 TM24

Summary

(79440) 1997 TM24 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (79440) 1997 TM24 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24 followed (79439) 1997 TL16[5].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24 was followed by (79441) 1997 TB27[6].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 TM24[9].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 PW21[10].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 8, 1997[11].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1658944540626869'}[12].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.98'}[13].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.33008389196709'}[14].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1660.855700312072'}[15].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+153.6320443305839'}[16].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.744662717256131'}[17].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.199987040321548'}[18].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.289338394190715'}[19].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+241.7351993620404'}[20].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+69.36977891947824'}[21].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[22].
  • (79440) 1997 TM24's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460680.4633534783'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(79440) 1997 TM24'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 . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Peter James · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.1658944540626869'}
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.33008389196709'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.199987040321548'}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q139807863 */"
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