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(68771) 2002 EW138

Summary

(68771) 2002 EW138 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68771) 2002 EW138 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138 followed (68770) 2002 EJ131[5].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138 was followed by (68772) 2002 EB147[6].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 EW138[9].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WX31[10].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 TK27[11].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 12, 2002[12].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1836637412724199'}[13].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.89'}[14].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.157519951004937'}[15].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1237.342356555427'}[16].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+163.0206016360043'}[17].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.255594197426383'}[18].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.669865066518074'}[19].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.841323328334693'}[20].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+175.9458875492458'}[21].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.35255100932784'}[22].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.23'}[23].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.267'}[24].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[25].
  • (68771) 2002 EW138's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460303.700919554'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(68771) 2002 EW138'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.
  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.

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  1. 23d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 16.89"
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