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(72940) 2002 BC30

Summary

(72940) 2002 BC30 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72940) 2002 BC30 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30 followed (72939) 2002 BA24[5].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30 was followed by (72941) 2002 CD8[6].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 BC30[9].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 21, 2002[10].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2252970888778578'}[11].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.69'}[12].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.866811783648574'}[13].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1327.347200289704'}[14].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.04534069563134'}[15].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.363691213641909'}[16].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.896223963081602'}[17].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.831158464202216'}[18].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+170.6768072688487'}[19].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.296570513431305'}[20].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.821'}[21].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.279'}[22].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (72940) 2002 BC30's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460566.222842102'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(72940) 2002 BC30'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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  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': '+0.2252970888778578'}
    Minor planet center body id → 72940
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.2252970888778578±0.000000002016"
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