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(68542) 2001 WE99

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(68542) 2001 WE99

Summary

(68542) 2001 WE99 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68542) 2001 WE99's instance of is recorded as asteroid[2].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99 followed (68541) 2001 WE40[3].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99 was followed by (68543) 2001 WQ101[4].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[5].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 WE99[7].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FN61[8].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 17, 2001[9].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1439594731583156'}[10].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.0'}[11].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.575594432746672'}[12].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1509.306888456355'}[13].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+255.0962633941246'}[14].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.575052482374938'}[15].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.945755681092647'}[16].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.204349283657229'}[17].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+316.0897260626162'}[18].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+46.25498599160348'}[19].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[20].
  • (68542) 2001 WE99's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460406.5750861596'}[21].

Body

Designation and Status

(68542) 2001 WE99's instance of is recorded as asteroid[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

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 → 20068542
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.1439594731583156±0.000000004625"
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