2011 WL2

Summary

2011 WL2 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2011 WL2 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 2011 WL2's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 2011 WL2's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2011 WL2's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 2011 WL2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Socorro^[7].
• 2011 WL2's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[8].
• 2011 WL2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 2011 WL2's provisional designation is recorded as 2011 WL2^[10].
• 2011 WL2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2011-11-16T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 2011 WL2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20549948^[12].
• 2011 WL2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.283417'}^[13].
• 2011 WL2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2834152769205687'}^[14].
• 2011 WL2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+20.84'}^[15].
• 2011 WL2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.13114153300756'}^[16].
• 2011 WL2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+408.5790239611417'}^[17].
• 2011 WL2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+212.9008151632946'}^[18].
• 2011 WL2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.07758555198544'}^[19].
• 2011 WL2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.382989759606997'}^[20].
• 2011 WL2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7721813443638825'}^[21].
• 2011 WL2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+88.87218489117268'}^[22].
• 2011 WL2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+268.2463691088087'}^[23].
• 2011 WL2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65n7_d^[24].
• 2011 WL2's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 549948^[25].
• 2011 WL2's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[26].
• 2011 WL2's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461104.6350248735'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

2011 WL2 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2]