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(76950) 2001 BU26

Summary

(76950) 2001 BU26 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (76950) 2001 BU26 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26 followed (76949) 2001 BJ20[5].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26 was followed by (76951) 2001 BV27[6].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BU26[9].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RQ228[10].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HJ116[11].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 20, 2001[12].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04987083111097835'}[13].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.97'}[14].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.167668614466033'}[15].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1288.739692531135'}[16].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+138.6605566331246'}[17].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.317632213335166'}[18].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.433214458023767'}[19].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.202049968646565'}[20].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+357.750016952574'}[21].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+253.2685118244705'}[22].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (76950) 2001 BU26's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460982.5808479297'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(76950) 2001 BU26'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. 19d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P11796]]: 2,460,982.5808479297±0.0000069888 Julian day"
  2. 19d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Time of discovery or invention → +2001-01-20T00:00:00Z
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20076950
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.97"
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