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(17630) 1996 HM21

Summary

(17630) 1996 HM21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (17630) 1996 HM21 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[2].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[4].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's follows is recorded as 17629 Koichisuzuki[5].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's followed by is recorded as (17631) 1996 HV21[6].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QC67[9].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 HM21[10].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-04-18T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017630[12].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}[13].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0800235'}[14].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07945210094284277'}[15].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.5'}[16].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.81'}[17].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.89999'}[18].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.897278237128084'}[19].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.25'}[20].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1188.398798707774'}[21].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+53.46625'}[22].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+53.4314314519699'}[23].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.1956496'}[24].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.195714407142635'}[25].
  • (17630) 1996 HM21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.371'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(17630) 1996 HM21'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 . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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