(500490) 2012 TS261

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(500490) 2012 TS261

Summary

(500490) 2012 TS261 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500490) 2012 TS261 is credited with the discovery of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer[2].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Wise Observatory[4].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 TS261[7].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's provisional designation is recorded as 2010 PF39[8].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's provisional designation is recorded as 2010 CW197[9].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2010-02-14T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08185992220973684'}[11].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.92'}[12].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.972140513521715'}[13].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1955.422336634018'}[14].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.81573755423534'}[15].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.060281873800062'}[16].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.310796309929203'}[17].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.809767437670922'}[18].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+134.3128201358956'}[19].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.75245704183391'}[20].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[21].
  • (500490) 2012 TS261's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460860.619639659'}[22].

Body

Definition and Type

(500490) 2012 TS261's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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

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 . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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