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2001 CW21

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Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[1]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Anderson Mesa Station[2]
  • Follows: 1998 HG123[3]
  • Followed by: 1998 KO55[4]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[5]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[6]
  • Provisional designation: 2001 CW21[7]
  • Time of discovery or invention: February 1, 2001[8]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.062083318937127[9]
  • Absolute magnitude: 16.21[10]
  • Orbital inclination: 7.058659837789802 degree[11]
  • Orbital period: 1258.23072879085 day[12]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 332.58578902959 degree[13]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.280908727854737 astronomical unit[14]
  • Apoapsis: 2.422515111872619 astronomical unit[15]
  • Periapsis: 2.139302343836855 astronomical unit[16]
  • Argument of periapsis: 113.1167071908465 degree[17]
  • Mean anomaly: 107.36924739514 degree[18]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[19]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460625.235315556 Julian day[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Absolute magnitude → {'amount': '+16.21'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.422515111872619'}
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.280908727854737'}
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Absolute magnitude: 16.22"
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