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(68436) 2001 RC85

Summary

(68436) 2001 RC85 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68436) 2001 RC85 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85 followed (68435) 2001 RF81[5].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85 was followed by (68437) 2001 RQ87[6].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 RC85[9].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FL54[10].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 11, 2001[11].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1136112674092455'}[12].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.75'}[13].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.817504335446174'}[14].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1666.714148174481'}[15].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+8.42749'}[16].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+229.1122985957401'}[17].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.751113217515982'}[18].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0636706769443'}[19].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.438555758087664'}[20].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+243.3954253206707'}[21].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+267.0313684725235'}[22].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.051'}[23].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.082'}[24].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[25].
  • (68436) 2001 RC85's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461030.9225930646'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(68436) 2001 RC85'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.
  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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  1. 25d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Site of astronomical discovery → Anderson Mesa Station
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20068436
    Diameter → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount':
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount':
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.75"
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