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(137070) 1998 WE21

Summary

(137070) 1998 WE21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (137070) 1998 WE21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's follows is recorded as (137069) 1998 WQ15[5].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's followed by is recorded as (137071) 1998 WD29[6].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WE21[9].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 RA51[10].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-18T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20137070[12].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2573210613952051'}[13].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.95'}[14].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.830697825216771'}[15].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1546.100830519094'}[16].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+36.95868966316232'}[17].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.61673408254372'}[18].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.290074874052878'}[19].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.943393291034562'}[20].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+26.88061360559346'}[21].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+350.9539676302023'}[22].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 137070[23].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's epoch is recorded as March 31, 2024[24].
  • (137070) 1998 WE21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460439.3502171105'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(137070) 1998 WE21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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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 . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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