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(72353) 2001 BW72

Summary

(72353) 2001 BW72 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72353) 2001 BW72 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72 followed (72352) 2001 BK72[5].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72 was followed by (72354) 2001 BR74[6].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 RB283[9].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BW72[10].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VY177[11].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FL22[12].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 27, 2001[13].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06821432138977496'}[14].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.27'}[15].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.05870659511639'}[16].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1539.971586901357'}[17].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+193.4430509341928'}[18].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.609813785106641'}[19].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.787840461411371'}[20].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.431787108801912'}[21].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+356.5095515642859'}[22].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+177.151690663852'}[23].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.374'}[24].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.261'}[25].
  • (72353) 2001 BW72's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(72353) 2001 BW72'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.
  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.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06821432138977496'}
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