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(68721) 2002 DC6

Summary

(68721) 2002 DC6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68721) 2002 DC6 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6 followed (68720) 2002 DB3[5].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6 was followed by (68722) 2002 DF6[6].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 DC6[9].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 16, 2002[10].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.113388332790521'}[11].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.91'}[12].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.94162165371415'}[13].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1586.884367491707'}[14].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+293.5122801276078'}[15].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.66255080444831'}[16].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.964453001134765'}[17].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.360648607761856'}[18].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+318.8305897617287'}[19].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.83385772692972'}[20].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.818'}[21].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.083'}[22].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (68721) 2002 DC6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460588.0083207595'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(68721) 2002 DC6'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.113388332790521'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.113388332790521±0.0000000012568"
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