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(100540) 1997 EK20

Summary

(100540) 1997 EK20 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (100540) 1997 EK20 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's follows is recorded as (100539) 1997 EN13[5].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's followed by is recorded as (100541) 1997 EG25[6].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 VK105[9].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EK20[10].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VA4[11].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-03-04T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20100540[13].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1659823596940494'}[14].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.24'}[15].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.576669379866744'}[16].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1254.970997188289'}[17].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+254.2517122862638'}[18].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.276967551194833'}[19].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.654903998288932'}[20].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.899031104100733'}[21].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+69.13449914189648'}[22].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+327.3319650670689'}[23].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11ddxk17sv[24].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 100540[25].
  • (100540) 1997 EK20's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(100540) 1997 EK20's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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