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(500489) 2012 TO261

Summary

(500489) 2012 TO261 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500489) 2012 TO261 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 TO261[7].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-09-16T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20500489[9].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09321336681765546'}[10].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.96'}[11].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.51509798961504'}[12].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2036.093699702795'}[13].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+348.1606557181105'}[14].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.143881890905954'}[15].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.436933706834354'}[16].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.850830074977553'}[17].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+81.89182470204796'}[18].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+82.79893653738156'}[19].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f4qq6djf[20].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[21].
  • (500489) 2012 TO261's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460532.204463817'}[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

(500489) 2012 TO261 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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