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(56311) 1999 RA221

Summary

(56311) 1999 RA221 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (56311) 1999 RA221 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's follows is recorded as (56310) 1999 RE151[5].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's followed by is recorded as (56312) 1999 RM224[6].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 NL15[9].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RA221[10].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 GC3[11].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-05T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20056311[13].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1680001942372935'}[14].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.67'}[15].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.557253747128256'}[16].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1174.836145143972'}[17].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+57.04906287314319'}[18].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.178976677453889'}[19].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.545045182504675'}[20].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.812908172403104'}[21].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+268.0373603616173'}[22].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+74.30423858478864'}[23].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 56311[24].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (56311) 1999 RA221's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460758.0130410367'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(56311) 1999 RA221'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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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