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(72311) 2001 BU40

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(72311) 2001 BU40

Summary

(72311) 2001 BU40 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72311) 2001 BU40 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40 followed (72310) 2001 BV39[5].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40 was followed by (72312) 2001 BE43[6].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BU40[9].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 21, 2001[10].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.229052459500506'}[11].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.13'}[12].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.884614615275968'}[13].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1362.808370345541'}[14].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+277.850739923922'}[15].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.405604589419388'}[16].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.956614237211604'}[17].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.854594941627172'}[18].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+100.3033056797295'}[19].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+220.0334670916039'}[20].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.438'}[21].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.065'}[22].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (72311) 2001 BU40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461130.3543405994'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(72311) 2001 BU40'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. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.065'}
    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':
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.229052459500506±0.0000000041502"
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