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(72898) 2001 KO56

Summary

(72898) 2001 KO56 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72898) 2001 KO56 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56 followed (72897) 2001 KM55[5].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56 was followed by (72899) 2001 KA61[6].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 KO56[9].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 23, 2001[10].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06420231283765665'}[11].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.91'}[12].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.09934477320405'}[13].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2035.450300661407'}[14].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+76.13732986336358'}[15].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.143219551662396'}[16].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.345021516635664'}[17].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.941417586689128'}[18].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+277.0645995339437'}[19].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+303.2970585761291'}[20].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+10.016'}[21].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}[22].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (72898) 2001 KO56's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460921.100053249'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(72898) 2001 KO56'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. 28d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06420231283765665'}
    Minor planet center body id → 72898
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.06420231283765665±0.0000000014782"
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