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(68161) 2001 BQ21

Summary

(68161) 2001 BQ21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68161) 2001 BQ21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's follows is recorded as (68160) 2001 BC18[5].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's followed by is recorded as (68162) 2001 BY21[6].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BQ21[9].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-01-20T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20068161[11].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2175066531842534'}[12].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.03'}[13].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.81292723734577'}[14].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1393.104712001065'}[15].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+85.74633651372866'}[16].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.441126149147668'}[17].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.972087327849341'}[18].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.910164970445994'}[19].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+202.9890694768943'}[20].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+325.3030358152117'}[21].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.533'}[22].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h_3t4d7x[23].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.398'}[24].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 68161[25].
  • (68161) 2001 BQ21's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(68161) 2001 BQ21'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . 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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