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Usage[edit]

This template creates an external link to the JPL Small-Body Database Browser (SBDB) for a specific small Solar System body such as an asteroid or a comet.

First parameter: identifier[edit]

The required first parameter is the body's unique identifier. Several identifiers are possible:

For minor-planets

{{JPL|2436}} produces JPL, for numbered asteroid 2436 Hatshepsut
{{JPL|2018+CN2}} produces JPL, for provisionally designated asteroid 2018 CN2 (note the "+"-sign)

For comets

{{JPL|17P}} produces JPL, for numbered comet 17P/Holmes (note without "/" and name)
{{JPL|P/2011+NO1}} produces JPL, for unnumbered comet P/2011 NO1 (note the "+"-sign)

Using SPK-ID

For special cases, use SBDB's interal reference key (spk-id). For example, comets with fragments (e.g. 205P/Giacobini, use {{JPL|1000933}} (JPL) instead of {{JPL|205P}} (JPL) A body's spk-id is displayed in the title section at SBDB.

Second parameter: label[edit]

The optional second parameter is used as a replacement for the wikilink text. The default is "JPL" as in all examples above. It may be changed to any given text. For example:

{{JPL|2436|(2436) Hatshepsut}} → (2436) Hatshepsut
{{JPL|17P|Comet Holmes}} → Comet Holmes

Close approach data

If the second parameter is named with |cad=, a link to the object's close approach data (cad) section is produced instead.
Example for the near-Earth object 99942 Apophis:

{{JPL|99942|cad=Close approaches of Apophis}} → Close approaches of Apophis

Usage[edit]

First parameter: identifier[edit]

Second parameter: label[edit]

See also[edit]