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(63261) 2001 CA2

Summary

(63261) 2001 CA2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (63261) 2001 CA2 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's follows is recorded as (63260) 2001 CN[5].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's followed by is recorded as (63262) 2001 CM3[6].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 CA2[9].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-02-01T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20063261[11].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04604161802940274'}[12].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.68'}[13].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.44530842328858'}[14].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1979.382041472864'}[15].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+121.0431605154618'}[16].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.085229433049698'}[17].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.227278388139244'}[18].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.943180477960153'}[19].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.57823649112322'}[20].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+137.9633970452602'}[21].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 63261[22].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (63261) 2001 CA2's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459841.9381375224'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(63261) 2001 CA2'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 . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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