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(66486) 1999 RF42

Summary

(66486) 1999 RF42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66486) 1999 RF42 is credited with the discovery of Peter Kušnirák[2].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42 is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec[3].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory[5].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42 followed (66485) 1999 RX41[6].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42 was followed by (66487) 1999 RL42[7].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RF42[10].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-14T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.142996302668209'}[12].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.96'}[13].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.717524942211331'}[14].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1605.935760625863'}[15].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+334.2841947597069'}[16].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.683818618526677'}[17].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.067594758008092'}[18].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.300042479045262'}[19].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+58.65420692843848'}[20].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+249.8812780866271'}[21].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.029'}[22].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.057'}[23].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66486) 1999 RF42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461091.7322039865'}[25].

Body

Definition and Type

(66486) 1999 RF42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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