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(73960) 1997 WE21

Summary

(73960) 1997 WE21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (73960) 1997 WE21 is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi[2].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory[4].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's follows is recorded as (73959) 1997 WV11[5].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's followed by is recorded as (73961) 1997 WP25[6].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 WE21[9].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-23T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20073960[11].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1378407772096091'}[12].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.69'}[13].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.199496541416998'}[14].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2013.94373431109'}[15].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.44837556558378'}[16].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.121039540467265'}[17].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.551246056427194'}[18].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.690833024507336'}[19].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.74930799123867'}[20].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.6251050958673'}[21].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+8.784'}[22].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121v8ks5[23].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}[24].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 73960[25].
  • (73960) 1997 WE21's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(73960) 1997 WE21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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