Home › Entities › asteroid › (50540) 2000 EK16

(50540) 2000 EK16

asteroid
Place asteroid Q15161473
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

(50540) 2000 EK16

Summary

(50540) 2000 EK16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (50540) 2000 EK16 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's follows is recorded as (50539) 2000 EM15[5].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's followed by is recorded as (50541) 2000 EV16[6].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 OW20[9].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 EK16[10].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-03-03T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20050540[12].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1615533500842849'}[13].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.98'}[14].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.43767401974394'}[15].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1221.734383054484'}[16].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+313.3941873323097'}[17].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.236585884366882'}[18].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.597913826737575'}[19].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.875257941996189'}[20].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+352.4712642748445'}[21].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+59.31057382280115'}[22].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 50540[23].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (50540) 2000 EK16's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460599.2173130056'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(50540) 2000 EK16'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] ↑ . 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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). (50540) 2000 EK16. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/-50540-2000-ek16
MLA “(50540) 2000 EK16.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/-50540-2000-ek16.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_-50540-2000-ek16_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{(50540) 2000 EK16}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/-50540-2000-ek16}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): (50540) 2000 EK16 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/-50540-2000-ek16 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/-50540-2000-ek16 · Last refreshed: