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(131696) 2001 XT254

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(131696) 2001 XT254

Summary

(131696) 2001 XT254 is an asteroid[1]. (131696) 2001 XT254 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (131696) 2001 XT254 is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard[3].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254 is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt[4].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254 is credited with the discovery of Jan Kleyna[5].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's image is recorded as 2001XT254Anim.gif[6].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's instance of is recorded as asteroid[7].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[8].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories[9].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's follows is recorded as (131695) 2001 XS254[10].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's followed by is recorded as (131697) 2001 XH255[11].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[12].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's minor planet group is recorded as 3:7-resonant trans-Neptunian object[13].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's Commons category is recorded as (131696) 2001 XT254[14].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[15].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 XT254[16].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-12-09T00:00:00Z[17].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05f30tr[18].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20131696[19].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3288'}[20].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3267403138240965'}[21].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.4'}[22].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.54'}[23].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.5162'}[24].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.5153468171308917'}[25].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+142076.390091041'}[26].
  • (131696) 2001 XT254's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.63'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[7] and trans-Neptunian object[8].

Why It Matters

(131696) 2001 XT254 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] (131696) 2001 XT254 has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

David Clifford Jewitt Mauna Kea Observatories Scott S. Sheppard

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.014'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+132.9001096231892'}
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+35.87552525821351'}
    Site of astronomical discovery → Mauna Kea Observatories
    Instance of → asteroid, trans-Neptunian object
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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