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(72463) 2001 DP21

Summary

(72463) 2001 DP21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72463) 2001 DP21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21 followed (72462) 2001 DL21[5].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21 was followed by (72464) 2001 DU21[6].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 DP21[9].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AK81[10].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 16, 2001[11].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05981905236472811'}[12].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.35'}[13].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.01094386715712'}[14].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1897.33561095304'}[15].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.8157592847797'}[16].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.99937306737188'}[17].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.178792721950354'}[18].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.819953412793406'}[19].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.30134914990198'}[20].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+168.4316374943016'}[21].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.86'}[22].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.142'}[23].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (72463) 2001 DP21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459712.801822697'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(72463) 2001 DP21'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.

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': '+0.05981905236472811'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.35"
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