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(76979) 2001 BT61

Summary

(76979) 2001 BT61 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (76979) 2001 BT61 is credited with the discovery of William Kwong Yu Yeung[2].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Desert Beaver Observatory[4].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61 followed (76978) 2001 BY60[5].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61 was followed by (76980) 2001 BS63[6].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BT61[9].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PB25[10].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 31, 2001[11].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1159433209368556'}[12].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.9'}[13].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.46383526590621'}[14].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1499.553324620688'}[15].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+337.7310092729876'}[16].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.563946692476327'}[17].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.861219186707098'}[18].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.266674198245555'}[19].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+261.5942355189193'}[20].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+205.0706710360236'}[21].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.862'}[22].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.342'}[23].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (76979) 2001 BT61's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461245.846639803'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(76979) 2001 BT61'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. 28d 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 → Desert Beaver Observatory
    Albedo → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.342'}
    Imported from → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2244]]: 2.263559551352226±0.0000000045445 astronomical unit, from JPL"
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