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(68541) 2001 WE40

Summary

(68541) 2001 WE40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68541) 2001 WE40 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40 followed (68540) 2001 WR9[5].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40 was followed by (68542) 2001 WE99[6].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 WE40[9].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 17, 2001[10].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1579353246913469'}[11].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.96'}[12].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.893775275643058'}[13].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1221.164560325138'}[14].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+220.1668598192999'}[15].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.235890394097691'}[16].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.589016469463774'}[17].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.882764318731609'}[18].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+153.194683805008'}[19].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+354.5375270085057'}[20].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (68541) 2001 WE40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460619.029384525'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(68541) 2001 WE40'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. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20068541
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.96"
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