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(21255) 1996 CD2

Summary

(21255) 1996 CD2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (21255) 1996 CD2 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's follows is recorded as 21254 Jonan[5].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's followed by is recorded as 21256 Robertobattiston[6].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 CD2[9].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-02-15T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021255[11].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}[12].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1376194'}[13].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1361336006379702'}[14].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}[15].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.38'}[16].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.33535'}[17].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.33829943404341'}[18].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.41'}[19].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1610.863916582919'}[20].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+304.19925'}[21].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+304.1473645227582'}[22].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6886910'}[23].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.689306393583167'}[24].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.059'}[25].
  • (21255) 1996 CD2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.055411356160358'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(21255) 1996 CD2'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 . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: 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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