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(68768) 2002 EC106

Summary

(68768) 2002 EC106 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68768) 2002 EC106 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106 followed (68767) 2002 ES104[5].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106 was followed by (68769) 2002 ER110[6].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 EC106[9].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 9, 2002[10].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09902803757171363'}[11].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.33'}[12].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.359622825082353'}[13].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1641.469831196654'}[14].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.26909493685112'}[15].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.72326341831567'}[16].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.992942850422307'}[17].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.453583986209032'}[18].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+181.260719702934'}[19].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+291.344159416353'}[20].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (68768) 2002 EC106's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460913.545808482'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(68768) 2002 EC106'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Instance of → asteroid
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.33'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.33"
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