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(68802) 2002 GK21

Summary

(68802) 2002 GK21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (68802) 2002 GK21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21 followed Q15196947[5].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21 was followed by (68803) 2002 GT25[6].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 GK21[9].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as April 14, 2002[10].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1744526925462147'}[11].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.57'}[12].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.091909336074006'}[13].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2086.362577303836'}[14].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+37.53429406380906'}[15].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.195417222442305'}[16].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.752866360705911'}[17].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.637968084178698'}[18].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+258.8684005359721'}[19].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+279.405555853452'}[20].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (68802) 2002 GK21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461067.581200572'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(68802) 2002 GK21'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 . 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. 27d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of discovery or invention → +2002-04-14T00:00:00Z
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.57"
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