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NASASBDB Get Body

Get physical and orbital data for an asteroid, comet, or small solar system body from NASA's Small Body Database (SBDB). Returns object classification (asteroid/comet type), orbital class (NEO, MBA, Centaur, TNO, etc.), physical parameters (magnitude, size estimates), and detailed orbital elements. SBDB catalogs 1.3 million+ small bodies. Search by name (e.g., 'Ceres', 'Halley', 'Apophis'), number (e.g., '433' for Eros), or provisional designation (e.g., '2020 SO').

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 314msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 314ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "phys-par": {
      "description": "Whether to include physical parameters: 'true' (default) or 'false'",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "sstr": {
      "description": "Small body identifier: name, number, or designation. Examples: 'Ceres' (1 Ceres), '433' (433 Eros), 'Apophis' (99942 Apophis), 'Bennu' (101955 Bennu), 'Halley' (1P/Halley comet), '2020 SO', '67P' (Churyumov-Gerasimenko)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "sstr"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default NASASBDB Get Body call

public-safeinput

{
  "sstr": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_NASASBDB_get_body
Tool name: NASASBDB_get_body
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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