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(500551) 2012 UR40

Summary

(500551) 2012 UR40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (500551) 2012 UR40 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 UR40[7].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-10-05T00:00:00Z[8].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-10-20T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.180643846735734'}[10].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.8'}[11].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.070370394261148'}[12].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1987.831390728468'}[13].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+87.24112714240589'}[14].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.094003103971162'}[15].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.652915726484814'}[16].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.53509048145751'}[17].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+299.8143448469156'}[18].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+147.957841087021'}[19].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[20].
  • (500551) 2012 UR40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460183.5132193966'}[21].

Body

Definition and Type

(500551) 2012 UR40'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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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