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


 * For minor-planets
 * produces, for numbered asteroid 2436 Hatshepsut
 * produces, for provisionally designated asteroid (note the "+"-sign)


 * For comets
 * produces, for numbered comet 17P/Holmes (note without "/" and name)
 * produces, 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   instead of    A body's spk-id is displayed in the title section at SBDB.

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


 * 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: