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(72280) 2001 BJ2

Summary

(72280) 2001 BJ2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72280) 2001 BJ2 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2 followed (72279) 2001 BT[5].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2 was followed by (72281) 2001 BF4[6].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BJ2[9].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 16, 2001[10].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1416483857364106'}[11].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.09'}[12].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.89283865593906'}[13].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1595.012384221927'}[14].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+255.4795632231398'}[15].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.671634778659458'}[16].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.050067532333823'}[17].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.293202024985093'}[18].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.06152513278892'}[19].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+22.25392897032134'}[20].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (72280) 2001 BJ2's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460501.901965819'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(72280) 2001 BJ2'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. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of discovery or invention → +2001-01-16T00:00:00Z
    Site of astronomical discovery → Haleakalā Observatory
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.09"
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