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(158621) 2003 BJ

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(158621) 2003 BJ

Summary

(158621) 2003 BJ is an asteroid[1]. (158621) 2003 BJ ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (158621) 2003 BJ is credited with the discovery of James Whitney Young[3].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Table Mountain Observatory[5].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's follows is recorded as (158620) 2003 AU82[6].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's followed by is recorded as (158622) 2003 BN2[7].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 CB60[10].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 BJ[11].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-01-20T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lfq63[13].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20158621[14].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07408532172398806'}[15].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.69'}[16].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.779289444113526'}[17].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1207.900458580307'}[18].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+220.9056742332027'}[19].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.219670343219584'}[20].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.384115334718202'}[21].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.055225351720966'}[22].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+324.4603424522059'}[23].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+247.1536536898316'}[24].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 158621[25].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].
  • (158621) 2003 BJ's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461379.1309818253'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(158621) 2003 BJ's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(158621) 2003 BJ ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] (158621) 2003 BJ is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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