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(70642) 1999 TD242

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(70642) 1999 TD242

Summary

(70642) 1999 TD242 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70642) 1999 TD242 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's follows is recorded as (70641) 1999 TS240[5].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's followed by is recorded as (70643) 1999 TE242[6].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 TD242[9].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-10-04T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20070642[11].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09551765685160309'}[12].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.52'}[13].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.43847249657275'}[14].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1472.8637406112'}[15].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+166.8475508704541'}[16].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.53343303467534'}[17].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.775420621937974'}[18].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.291445447412705'}[19].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+291.77132095201'}[20].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.34466034886473'}[21].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fn46n2_w[22].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 70642[23].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (70642) 1999 TD242's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460517.2641318254'}[25].

Body

Works and Contributions

(70642) 1999 TD242 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].

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] ↑ . 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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . 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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