Home › Entities › asteroid › (68739) 2002 EK38

(68739) 2002 EK38

asteroid
Place asteroid Q15184771
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

(68739) 2002 EK38

Summary

(68739) 2002 EK38 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68739) 2002 EK38 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's follows is recorded as (68738) 2002 EJ35[5].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's followed by is recorded as (68740) 2002 EY38[6].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 EK38[9].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-03-12T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20068739[11].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2087648092836293'}[12].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.91'}[13].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.569082734459011'}[14].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1628.412277081977'}[15].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+146.359824227262'}[16].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.708802203726922'}[17].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.274304779175048'}[18].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.143299628278797'}[19].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+165.3190219654336'}[20].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+236.9580331272703'}[21].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.516'}[22].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.029'}[23].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 68739[24].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[25].
  • (68739) 2002 EK38's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461157.064026255'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(68739) 2002 EK38's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). (68739) 2002 EK38. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/-68739-2002-ek38
MLA “(68739) 2002 EK38.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/-68739-2002-ek38.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_-68739-2002-ek38_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{(68739) 2002 EK38}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/-68739-2002-ek38}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): (68739) 2002 EK38 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/-68739-2002-ek38 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/-68739-2002-ek38 · Last refreshed: