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(52249) 1981 EK21

Summary

(52249) 1981 EK21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (52249) 1981 EK21 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[2].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[4].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's follows is recorded as (52248) 1981 EE15[5].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's followed by is recorded as (52250) 1981 EE32[6].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EK21[9].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CT34[10].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20052249[12].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08293802899718473'}[13].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.16'}[14].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.470881741812674'}[15].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1670.214999665399'}[16].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+346.3446225678971'}[17].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.75496425592224'}[18].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.983455561266127'}[19].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.526472950578354'}[20].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+260.7717618711548'}[21].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+127.7864544335195'}[22].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.038'}[23].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11hdvdqr00[24].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.044'}[25].
  • (52249) 1981 EK21's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 52249[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

(52249) 1981 EK21 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[2].

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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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