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(200140) 1997 WH22

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Summary

(200140) 1997 WH22 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Xinglong Station[3]
  • Follows: (200139) 1997 WS18[4]
  • Followed by: (200141) 1997 XZ1[5]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[6]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[7]
  • Provisional designation: 1997 WH22[8], 2002 PW89[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: November 28, 1997[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.3300741026535682[11]
  • Absolute magnitude: 15.15[12]
  • Orbital inclination: 11.5880297603137 degree[13]
  • Orbital period: 1958.265197180961 day[14]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 260.4251426925533 degree[15]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.063247251236423 astronomical unit[16]
  • Apoapsis: 4.074345838894295 astronomical unit[17]
  • Periapsis: 2.052148663578551 astronomical unit[18]
  • Argument of periapsis: 121.8852717063131 degree[19]
  • Mean anomaly: 88.52805424827207 degree[20]
  • Diameter: 5.76 km[21]
  • Albedo: 0.049[22]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[23]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460518.940534421 Julian day[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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+121.8852717063131'}
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+88.52805424827207'}
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