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(68270) 2001 EA21

Summary

(68270) 2001 EA21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68270) 2001 EA21 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21 followed (68269) 2001 EY19[5].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21 was followed by (68271) 2001 EB21[6].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 EA21[9].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 RQ27[10].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 15, 2001[11].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05928833901412887'}[12].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.56'}[13].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.250247536013026'}[14].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1918.982580986738'}[15].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+205.3672055045667'}[16].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.022143419499021'}[17].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.201321283103598'}[18].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.842965555894444'}[19].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+188.8957207961564'}[20].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+303.7892209927078'}[21].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.759'}[22].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.163'}[23].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (68270) 2001 EA21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460900.1319604963'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(68270) 2001 EA21'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 . 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.
  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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → (68269) 2001 EY19
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
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    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.56"
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