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(68421) 2001 QY270

Summary

(68421) 2001 QY270 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68421) 2001 QY270 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270 followed (68420) 2001 QO258[5].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270 was followed by (68422) 2001 QJ296[6].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QY270[9].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 19, 2001[10].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09297186499656138'}[11].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.93'}[12].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.444382979613196'}[13].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1340.476191361539'}[14].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+335.4390637086146'}[15].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.379252048545124'}[16].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.600455548795253'}[17].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.158048548294994'}[18].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.5688742481691'}[19].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+339.3006439606964'}[20].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (68421) 2001 QY270's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460677.5749831866'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(68421) 2001 QY270'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Site of astronomical discovery → Experimental Test Site
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20068421
    Followed by → (68422) 2001 QJ296
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.93"
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