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(72946) 2002 CY16

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(72946) 2002 CY16

Summary

(72946) 2002 CY16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (72946) 2002 CY16 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16 followed (72945) 2002 CJ16[5].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16 was followed by (72947) 2002 CZ19[6].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 CY16[9].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 6, 2002[10].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1718434003085634'}[11].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.8'}[12].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.302728483332936'}[13].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1322.409398290517'}[14].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+330.2231370560631'}[15].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.357825535300678'}[16].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.763002292621105'}[17].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.952648777980251'}[18].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+271.4062288755964'}[19].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+353.3932541425134'}[20].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+1.953'}[21].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.292'}[22].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (72946) 2002 CY16's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460624.768952261'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(72946) 2002 CY16'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. 4w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → asteroid
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1718434003085634'}
    Minor planet center body id → 72946
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.8"
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