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(72899) 2001 KA61

Summary

(72899) 2001 KA61 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72899) 2001 KA61 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61 followed (72898) 2001 KO56[5].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61 was followed by (72900) 2001 KB61[6].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 PZ72[9].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 KA61[10].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 17, 2001[11].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08397029103405644'}[12].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.49'}[13].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.932146379064788'}[14].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1997.447581029887'}[15].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+213.4262002422974'}[16].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.103973294299626'}[17].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.364614835183905'}[18].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.843331753415348'}[19].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+168.871801108644'}[20].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+312.2198287969398'}[21].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+4.694'}[22].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.153'}[23].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (72899) 2001 KA61's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460865.606631641'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(72899) 2001 KA61'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. 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': '+0.08397029103405644'}
    Minor planet center body id → 72899
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.49"
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