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(23621) 1996 PA

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(23621) 1996 PA

Summary

(23621) 1996 PA is an asteroid[1]. (23621) 1996 PA ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (23621) 1996 PA is credited with the discovery of Gordon J. Garradd[3].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[5].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's follows is recorded as (23620) 1996 LS2[6].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's followed by is recorded as (23622) 1996 RW29[7].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid[8].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 PA[10].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-08-05T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023621[12].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.30'}[13].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2990508'}[14].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2990517037100224'}[15].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}[16].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.63'}[17].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.34611'}[18].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.34617479918642'}[19].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.63'}[20].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+959.6066792095728'}[21].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.6649'}[22].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+143.76448'}[23].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+143.7293257312852'}[24].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.9040424'}[25].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.903983688825021'}[26].
  • (23621) 1996 PA's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.473'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(23621) 1996 PA's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(23621) 1996 PA ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

References

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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 . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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