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(72478) 2001 DK38

Summary

(72478) 2001 DK38 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72478) 2001 DK38 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38 followed (72477) 2001 DQ37[5].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38 was followed by (72479) 2001 DO38[6].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 DK38[9].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 RY17[10].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 19, 2001[11].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1772566940822179'}[12].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.81'}[13].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.57791087361164'}[14].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1640.822332816205'}[15].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+154.3015998370284'}[16].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.722547220931168'}[17].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.205136940796156'}[18].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.239957501066179'}[19].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+107.6683416094839'}[20].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+348.3796963497925'}[21].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.499'}[22].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.251'}[23].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (72478) 2001 DK38's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460653.4634826207'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(72478) 2001 DK38'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.
  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. 16d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
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