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(59817) 1999 RC21

Summary

(59817) 1999 RC21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (59817) 1999 RC21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's follows is recorded as (59816) 1999 RO20[5].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's followed by is recorded as (59818) 1999 RF21[6].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 CA244[9].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RC21[10].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-07T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20059817[12].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08648637948563032'}[13].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.25'}[14].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.5998960478406'}[15].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2016.762252948259'}[16].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+181.3030289419428'}[17].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.123950796097091'}[18].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.394129990142781'}[19].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.853771602051401'}[20].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+219.1401712763089'}[21].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+234.4614788143305'}[22].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.359'}[23].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.169'}[24].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 59817[25].
  • (59817) 1999 RC21's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(59817) 1999 RC21'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . 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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