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(38428) 1999 RQ231

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Summary

(38428) 1999 RQ231 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Anderson Mesa Station[3]
  • Follows: (38427) 1999 RB231[4]
  • Followed by: (38429) 1999 RX231[5]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[6]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[7]
  • Provisional designation: 1996 XA35[8], 1999 RQ231[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: September 9, 1999[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.19[11], 0.1942598[12], 0.1984161526712449[13]
  • Absolute magnitude: 14.6[14], 14.7[15], 14.78[16]
  • Orbital inclination: 9.48453 degree[17], 9.514567463118956 degree[18]
  • Orbital period: 4.7 years[19], 1713.432144339734 day[20]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 97.88932 degree[21], 97.69183408524435 degree[22]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.8055404 astronomical unit[23], 2.802285129207604 astronomical unit[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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