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(72238) 2001 AE21

Summary

(72238) 2001 AE21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72238) 2001 AE21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21 followed (72237) 2001 AX20[5].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21 was followed by (72239) 2001 AF21[6].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 AE21[9].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HP92[10].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 3, 2001[11].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1661756417029071'}[12].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.2'}[13].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.880777224531947'}[14].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1248.956908420692'}[15].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+179.0006858910558'}[16].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.269687252446155'}[17].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.646853988086303'}[18].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.892520516806008'}[19].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+317.948161145402'}[20].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+329.0975520085657'}[21].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[22].
  • (72238) 2001 AE21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460707.7106275167'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

(72238) 2001 AE21'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of discovery or invention → +2001-01-03T00:00:00Z
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 16.2"
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