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(63252) 2001 BL41

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(63252) 2001 BL41

Summary

(63252) 2001 BL41 is an asteroid[1]. (63252) 2001 BL41 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (63252) 2001 BL41 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[3].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's instance of is recorded as centaur[5].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[6].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41 followed (63251) 2001 BG38[7].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41 was followed by (63253) 2001 BG50[8].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's minor planet group is recorded as centaur[9].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BL41[11].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 19, 2001[12].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2959574885400772'}[13].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.43'}[14].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.40246654863443'}[15].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+11331.42011253966'}[16].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+280.4228527526615'}[17].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+9.87318503553033'}[18].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+12.79522808253736'}[19].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+6.951141988523301'}[20].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+129.7769908559214'}[21].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+332.7084754499271'}[22].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[23].
  • (63252) 2001 BL41's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461859.532583857'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[4] and centaur[5].

Why It Matters

(63252) 2001 BL41 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Peter James · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → (63251) 2001 BG38
    Spacereference.org celestial object id → asteroid/63252-2001-bl41
    Minor planet center body id → 63252
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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