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(76906) 2000 YC120

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Summary

(76906) 2000 YC120 is an asteroid[1]. (76906) 2000 YC120 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Anderson Mesa Station[4]
  • Follows: (76905) 2000 YU116[5]
  • Followed by: (76907) 2000 YO123[6]
  • Minor planet group: inner asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2000 YC120[9], 1999 LS3[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: December 19, 2000[11]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.05385141484172249[12]
  • Absolute magnitude: 15.17[13]
  • Orbital inclination: 24.27342074280771 degree[14]
  • Orbital period: 1004.191303946196 day[15]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 143.6204009211005 degree[16]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 1.962510637858496 astronomical unit[17]
  • Apoapsis: 2.068194612349108 astronomical unit[18]
  • Periapsis: 1.856826663367885 astronomical unit[19]
  • Argument of periapsis: 97.87573674181006 degree[20]
  • Mean anomaly: 223.5499376608099 degree[21]
  • Diameter: 1.432 km[22]
  • Albedo: 1.0[23]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[24]
  • Time of periapsis: 2461381.116572289 Julian day[25]

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.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 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. 21w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20076906
    Followed by → (76907) 2000 YO123
    Time of discovery or invention → +2000-12-19T00:00:00Z
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.068194612349108'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Orbital eccentricity: 0.05418884904915246±0.00000000056913"
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