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(72462) 2001 DL21

Summary

(72462) 2001 DL21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72462) 2001 DL21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21 followed (72461) 2001 DV18[5].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21 was followed by (72463) 2001 DP21[6].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 DL21[9].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 16, 2001[10].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1085756764748679'}[11].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.72'}[12].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.74612022453156'}[13].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2098.418818604446'}[14].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.26935966562134'}[15].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.20771540856515'}[16].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.555995278988969'}[17].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.859435538141332'}[18].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+198.4931940371588'}[19].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.323896134344496'}[20].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (72462) 2001 DL21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460592.783087327'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(72462) 2001 DL21'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. 18d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1085756764748679'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.1085756764748679±0.00000000061945"
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