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(79983) 1999 DF9

Summary

(79983) 1999 DF9 is an asteroid[1]. (79983) 1999 DF9 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (79983) 1999 DF9 is credited with the discovery of Jane Luu[3].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9 is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo[4].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9 is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt[5].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's instance of is recorded as asteroid[6].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[7].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[8].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's follows is recorded as Q15201829[9].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's followed by is recorded as Q8335733[10].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[11].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[12].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 DF9[13].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-02-20T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027dk52[15].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20079983[16].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.148'}[17].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1442084105281431'}[18].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.0'}[19].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.08'}[20].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.8'}[21].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.809271759010754'}[22].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+115462.4594118472'}[23].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.65'}[24].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+334.9'}[25].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+334.802649787254'}[26].
  • (79983) 1999 DF9's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+46.40465890160882'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[6] and trans-Neptunian object[7].

Why It Matters

(79983) 1999 DF9 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] (79983) 1999 DF9 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Chadwick Trujillo David Clifford Jewitt Jane Luu

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

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