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(74648) 1999 RM72

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Summary

(74648) 1999 RM72 is an asteroid[1]. (74648) 1999 RM72 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Experimental Test Site[4]
  • Follows: (74647) 1999 RH71[5]
  • Followed by: (74649) 1999 RF73[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2002 JM59[9], 1999 RM72[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: September 7, 1999[11]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.1426713728036005[12]
  • Absolute magnitude: 16.43[13]
  • Orbital inclination: 2.885915581388784 degree[14]
  • Orbital period: 1258.590510261723 day[15]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 38.47257956815635 degree[16]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.281343512760492 astronomical unit[17]
  • Apoapsis: 2.60682592356262 astronomical unit[18]
  • Periapsis: 1.955861101958365 astronomical unit[19]
  • Argument of periapsis: 250.1485099219682 degree[20]
  • Mean anomaly: 260.3901282180478 degree[21]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[22]
  • Time of periapsis: 2461348.7445537588 Julian day[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.60682592356262'}
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.885915581388784'}
    Time of discovery or invention → +1999-09-07T00:00:00Z
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Absolute magnitude: 16.45"
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