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(72944) 2002 CX15

Summary

(72944) 2002 CX15 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72944) 2002 CX15 is credited with the discovery of William Kwong Yu Yeung[2].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Desert Eagle Observatory[4].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15 followed (72943) 2002 CU10[5].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15 was followed by (72945) 2002 CJ16[6].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 CX15[9].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 FF8[10].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 8, 2002[11].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2230656444360043'}[12].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.97'}[13].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.886558908201014'}[14].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1317.866246432388'}[15].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+153.5521391170587'}[16].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.352422214983191'}[17].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.877166792353989'}[18].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.827677637612393'}[19].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+136.6156000572691'}[20].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+350.9313439955131'}[21].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.535'}[22].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.393'}[23].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (72944) 2002 CX15's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460633.6979879136'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(72944) 2002 CX15'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': '+0.2230656444360043'}
    Minor planet center body id → 72944
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.2230656444360043±0.0000000023205"
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