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(76973) 2001 BT53

Summary

(76973) 2001 BT53 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (76973) 2001 BT53 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[4].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53 followed (76972) 2001 BM51[5].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53 was followed by (76974) 2001 BO54[6].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BT53[9].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 17, 2001[10].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1533510472674056'}[11].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.25'}[12].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.92892656292307'}[13].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1325.186612562863'}[14].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+22.002'}[15].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+270.6225599374285'}[16].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.36112552035352'}[17].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.72320659162953'}[18].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.999044449077509'}[19].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+340.0608228632889'}[20].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+106.6405199042204'}[21].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.372'}[22].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.081'}[23].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (76973) 2001 BT53's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460207.9483629614'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(76973) 2001 BT53'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. 27d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Site of astronomical discovery → Haleakalā Observatory
    Albedo → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.081'}
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    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.25"
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