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(63261) 2001 CA2

asteroid
Asteroid Q15173813

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +20
Follows
(63260) 2001 CN[4]
Followed by
(63262) 2001 CM3[5]
Absolute magnitude
14.68[11]
Apoapsis
3.227278388139244 au[16]
Argument of periapsis
17.57823649112322°[18]
Discoverer or inventor
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2]
Epoch
October 17, 2024[20]
Longitude of ascending node
121.0431605154618°[14]
Mean anomaly
137.9633970452602°[19]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.04604161802940274[10]
Orbital inclination
10.44530842328858°[12]
Orbital period
1,979.382041472864 day[13]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.943180477960153 au[17]
Provisional designation
2001 CA2[8]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.085229433049698 au[15]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[3]
Time of discovery or invention
February 1, 2001[9]
Time of periapsis
2,459,841.9381375224 Julian day[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en (63261) 2001 CA2 ru 2001 CA2 zh 小行星63261
🔖 Identifiers · 2
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20063261
Minor Planet Center body ID
63261

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Summary

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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