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(99987) 1981 EC31

Summary

(99987) 1981 EC31 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (99987) 1981 EC31 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[2].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[4].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's follows is recorded as (99986) 1981 ET28[5].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's followed by is recorded as (99988) 1981 ET33[6].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 CK20[9].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EC31[10].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20099987[12].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1144212726112429'}[13].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.72'}[14].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.48928219066154'}[15].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1598.58958546996'}[16].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+355.8651325190202'}[17].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.675627812030313'}[18].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.981776551316856'}[19].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.369479072743769'}[20].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+116.6799746768741'}[21].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+132.2953543549856'}[22].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c5zrkr66[23].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet99987Provisional1981EC31"][24].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 99987[25].
  • (99987) 1981 EC31's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(99987) 1981 EC31'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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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