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(23321) 2001 BY16

asteroid
Place asteroid Q5992522

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(23320) 2001 BP15[4]
Followed by
23322 Duyingsewa[5]
Absolute magnitude
13.9, 14.0[14][15]
Albedo
0.336
Apoapsis
3.022, 3.031929651876825[24]
Argument of periapsis
224.31647, 225.410310189403
Diameter
4.169
Discoverer or inventor
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
353.3326, 353.2533686013081[20][21]
Mean anomaly
266.14013, 56.8536492292421
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.09 (0.09–0.09, n=3)[11][12][13]
Orbital inclination
13.34671, 13.35177637792386[16][17]
Orbital period
4.62, 1687.199569774903[18][19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.5282505, 2.51528981529712
Provisional designation
1999 VM203, 2001 BY16[8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.7751629, 2.773609733586972[22][23]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[3]
Time of discovery or invention
January 18, 2001[10]
Time of periapsis
2460734.045965223
🏷️ Also known as
en (23321) 2001 BY16 ru 1999 VM203 ru 2001 BY16 zh 小行星23321
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11g2tphsdp
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20023321
Minor Planet Center body ID
23321
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet23321Provisional2001BY16"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
23322 Duyingsewa
Followed by (predecessor) 1
23322 Duyingsewa
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

(23321) 2001 BY16 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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