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(72066) 2000 YX21

Summary

(72066) 2000 YX21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72066) 2000 YX21 is credited with the discovery of William Kwong Yu Yeung[2].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Desert Beaver Observatory[4].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21 followed (72065) 2000 YM20[5].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21 was followed by (72067) 2000 YX26[6].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 YX21[9].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 29, 2000[10].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05103817813094757'}[11].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.26'}[12].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.70906983324773'}[13].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1520.173986484602'}[14].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+95.38459196559806'}[15].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.587398049595534'}[16].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.719454132146457'}[17].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.45534196704461'}[18].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+101.8487263762362'}[19].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+174.9012121415635'}[20].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.751'}[21].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.315'}[22].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (72066) 2000 YX21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459861.943686383'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(72066) 2000 YX21'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.315'}
    Discoverer or inventor → William Kwong Yu Yeung
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.26"
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