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Horizons 42 keywords
JPL Horizons small-body search. Documentation prints a list of 42 field keywords.
The tool that looks up Vesta and Eros offers forty-two search fields. JPL’s own manual says: type SB for a list of 42 field keywords. A count in the docs, not a sky measurement.
NASA / JPL
Printed 42s
A proton count. A catalogue seat. A scan. A model boundary. A patch that draws 4 and II. A joke a JPL scientist made in public. Different kinds. NASA printed them. That does not make them one Answer.
The metal
- Z = 42Molybdenum
Proton count. The integer was 42 before Adams.
- jokeDouglas Adams element
Russell at JPL named the metal. NASA printed the joke.
Sky and distance
- M42Orion Nebula
Catalogue seat. NASA’s Cosmic Hearth is Maya reception.
- C42Caldwell 42
Another catalogue. NGC 7006. Not a measured forty-two.
- ≈42 AUKuiper collisions
Stern 1995. A modeled boundary, not Albion’s distance.
- 42.1 km/sSolar escape
Vis-viva at 1 AU. Family 4.2, not 42.00.
Missions and tools
- 42 minMariner 2
A scan of Venus. Duration, not a law of the planet.
- 42 dApollo 12 S-IVB
Missed heliocentric burn. NASA prints the period.
- 42Expedition 42
Sequential crew number. The patch draws 4 and II.
- STS-42STS-42
Shuttle number. Discovery, IML-1.
42Horizons keywordshere
JPL’s own manual. A documentation count.
What it supports
JPL Horizons documentation: “Type SB for a list of 42 field keywords that can be used to search.” ssd. jpl. nasa. gov Horizons user manual.
What it does not
Not 42 asteroids. Not 42 AU. The list can grow. A documentation count, not a law of the belt.
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Hung16 September 2026