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(138937) 2001 BK16

Summary

(138937) 2001 BK16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (138937) 2001 BK16 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[5].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's follows is recorded as (138936) 2001 BK13[6].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's followed by is recorded as (138938) 2001 BJ18[7].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[8].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BK16[10].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-01-19T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20138937[12].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.6778482625475778'}[13].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.8'}[14].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+31.81299127662911'}[15].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1090.000020570556'}[16].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+15.06'}[17].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+98.83037924987585'}[18].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.072774479364693'}[19].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.47780105885501'}[20].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.6677478998743756'}[21].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+252.4396372767571'}[22].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+73.06294875057124'}[23].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet138937Provisional2001BK16"][24].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 138937[25].
  • (138937) 2001 BK16's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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