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(72917) 2001 QX87

Summary

(72917) 2001 QX87 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72917) 2001 QX87 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87 followed (72916) 2001 QR53[5].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87 was followed by (72918) 2001 RB134[6].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 QX87[9].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FW12[10].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 21, 2001[11].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1224764821292763'}[12].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.49'}[13].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.236237499567777'}[14].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1249.067628275732'}[15].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+156.3081992797731'}[16].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.269821388769079'}[17].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.547821127527305'}[18].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.991821650010854'}[19].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+297.607741412166'}[20].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+163.2186626826893'}[21].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.76'}[22].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.172'}[23].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (72917) 2001 QX87's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460034.1912558684'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(72917) 2001 QX87'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. 4w 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': '+0.1224764821292763'}
    Minor planet center body id → 72917
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.1224764821292763±0.0000000043783"
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