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2022 WJ1

small asteroid which entered Earth's atmosphere in November 2022
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2022 WJ1

Summary

2022 WJ1 is an Earth-crossing asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 2022 WJ1 is credited with the discovery of Mount Lemmon Survey[3].
  • 2022 WJ1 is credited with the discovery of David Rankin[4].
  • 2022 WJ1's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
  • 2022 WJ1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Lemmon Observatory[6].
  • 2022 WJ1's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
  • 2022 WJ1's Commons category is recorded as 2022 WJ1[8].
  • 2022 WJ1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 2022 WJ1's provisional designation is recorded as 2022 WJ1[10].
  • 2022 WJ1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 19, 2022[11].
  • 2022 WJ1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5131408969879399'}[12].
  • 2022 WJ1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+33.58'}[13].
  • 2022 WJ1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.61764194477995'}[14].
  • 2022 WJ1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+960.1763164093077'}[15].
  • 2022 WJ1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+56.71526882098466'}[16].
  • 2022 WJ1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.904737103520691'}[17].
  • 2022 WJ1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.882135609347509'}[18].
  • 2022 WJ1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9273385976938733'}[19].
  • 2022 WJ1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+35.10562884444036'}[20].
  • 2022 WJ1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+349.7291960018301'}[21].
  • 2022 WJ1's epoch is recorded as November 19, 2022[22].
  • 2022 WJ1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2459929.893840971'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

2022 WJ1's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].

Why It Matters

2022 WJ1 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

former entity

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Minor Planet Center 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 sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → 2022 WJ1
    Orbital eccentricity → —
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+56.71526882098466'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.882135609347509'}
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Animation of 2022 WJ1 around Sun.gif, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
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