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(51960) 2001 QW261

Summary

(51960) 2001 QW261 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (51960) 2001 QW261 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's follows is recorded as (51959) 2001 QH257[5].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's followed by is recorded as (51961) 2001 QC266[6].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QW261[9].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-25T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20051960[11].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02917727360947551'}[12].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.94'}[13].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.278077261779865'}[14].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1890.553265827345'}[15].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+4.16067'}[16].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+267.3589259198533'}[17].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.992220959870975'}[18].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.079525809517138'}[19].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.904916110224812'}[20].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+295.53740891'}[21].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.00008421987748'}[22].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 51960[23].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (51960) 2001 QW261's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460742.7326523713'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(51960) 2001 QW261'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 . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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