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(488431) 2016 XW21

Summary

(488431) 2016 XW21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (488431) 2016 XW21 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[5].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's provisional designation is recorded as 2016 XW21[7].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's provisional designation is recorded as 2010 XE47[8].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2010-12-06T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1646379299343244'}[10].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.5'}[11].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.34269043312949'}[12].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2110.116576018444'}[13].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+91.7324895916371'}[14].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.219625423870303'}[15].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.749697888820231'}[16].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.689552958920374'}[17].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+308.8125940701609'}[18].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+247.3966875990205'}[19].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[20].
  • (488431) 2016 XW21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461660.516988922'}[21].

Body

Definition and Type

(488431) 2016 XW21'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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