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(79978) 1999 CC158

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(79978) 1999 CC158

Summary

(79978) 1999 CC158 is an asteroid[1]. (79978) 1999 CC158 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (79978) 1999 CC158 is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt[3].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158 is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo[4].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158 is credited with the discovery of Jane Luu[5].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158 is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard[6].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's instance of is recorded as asteroid[7].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[8].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories[9].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's follows is recorded as Q15201825[10].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's followed by is recorded as Q15201826[11].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's minor planet group is recorded as 5:12-resonant trans-Neptunian object[12].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[13].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[14].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CC158[15].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-02-15T00:00:00Z[16].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20079978[17].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.279'}[18].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2791277242934355'}[19].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.74'}[20].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.7'}[21].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.72234996214671'}[22].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+145582.0407243999'}[23].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.00735'}[24].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+336.9866062547525'}[25].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+54.15928438917758'}[26].
  • (79978) 1999 CC158's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+69.27664219008969'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[7] and trans-Neptunian object[8].

Why It Matters

(79978) 1999 CC158 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] (79978) 1999 CC158 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Chadwick Trujillo David Clifford Jewitt Jane Luu Mauna Kea Observatories Scott S. Sheppard

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+101.92'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+101.8686664883143'}
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+39.04192658826545'}
    Site of astronomical discovery → Mauna Kea Observatories
    Instance of → asteroid, trans-Neptunian object
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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