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(68732) 2002 EF21

Summary

(68732) 2002 EF21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68732) 2002 EF21 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21 followed (68731) 2002 ES16[5].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21 was followed by (68733) 2002 EF25[6].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 EF21[9].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 VX8[10].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 10, 2002[11].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07970916894746377'}[12].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.1'}[13].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.542813519919321'}[14].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1310.925054241999'}[15].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+53.52033153227283'}[16].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.344154819516417'}[17].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.531005452064263'}[18].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.157304186968572'}[19].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+182.8404053127192'}[20].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+45.46914906048782'}[21].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (68732) 2002 EF21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460434.925981393'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(68732) 2002 EF21'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Instance of → asteroid
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Site of astronomical discovery → Haleakalā Observatory
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.07970916894746377±0.000000002523"
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