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(68549) 2001 XD52

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Summary

(68549) 2001 XD52 is an asteroid[1]. (68549) 2001 XD52 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Experimental Test Site[4]
  • Follows: (68548) 2001 XR31[5]
  • Followed by: (68550) 2001 XA54[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2001 XD52[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: December 10, 2001[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.090424038086513[11]
  • Absolute magnitude: 15.7[12]
  • Orbital inclination: 3.547249984961153 degree[13]
  • Orbital period: 1181.051871933771 day[14]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 96.17528201349107 degree[15]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.186655483792864 astronomical unit[16]
  • Apoapsis: 2.384381702541433 astronomical unit[17]
  • Periapsis: 1.988929265044296 astronomical unit[18]
  • Argument of periapsis: 147.696126253946 degree[19]
  • Mean anomaly: 334.8638760271857 degree[20]
  • Diameter: 1.854 km[21]
  • Albedo: 0.224[22]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[23]
  • Time of periapsis: 2461082.964072976 Julian day[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1181.051871933771'}
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Absolute magnitude: 15.72"
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