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(76916) 2001 AB

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Summary

(76916) 2001 AB is an asteroid[1]. (76916) 2001 AB is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Spacewatch[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Kitt Peak National Observatory[4]
  • Follows: (76915) 2000 YC139[5]
  • Followed by: (76917) 2001 AN4[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2003 QK41[9], 2001 AB[10], 1997 AA11[11]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 2001[12]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.2168964217399362[13]
  • Absolute magnitude: 16.4[14]
  • Orbital inclination: 2.70721478435902 degree[15]
  • Orbital period: 1318.080483530079 day[16]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 344.3080760100377 degree[17]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.352677153578332 astronomical unit[18]
  • Apoapsis: 2.86296440969877 astronomical unit[19]
  • Periapsis: 1.842389897457893 astronomical unit[20]
  • Argument of periapsis: 40.29003473784061 degree[21]
  • Mean anomaly: 34.00800697606186 degree[22]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[23]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460875.985304781 Julian day[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20076916
    Followed by → (76917) 2001 AN4
    Time of discovery or invention → +2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+34.00800697606186'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Orbital eccentricity: 0.2168524507554825±0.000000033857"
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