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(53072) 1998 XB61

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Summary

(53072) 1998 XB61 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Spacewatch[2]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Kitt Peak National Observatory[3]
  • Follows: (53071) 1998 XO54[4]
  • Followed by: (53073) 1998 XL63[5]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[6]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[7]
  • Provisional designation: 2000 KE60[8], 1998 XB61[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: December 13, 1998[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.06077994896885035[11]
  • Absolute magnitude: 15.38[12]
  • Orbital inclination: 5.168194449924124 degree[13]
  • Orbital period: 1709.307424707826 day[14]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 124.9743297517775 degree[15]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.797786056791671 astronomical unit[16]
  • Apoapsis: 2.96783535054923 astronomical unit[17]
  • Periapsis: 2.627736763034112 astronomical unit[18]
  • Argument of periapsis: 62.87775146730713 degree[19]
  • Mean anomaly: 202.8101418158831 degree[20]
  • Diameter: 4.225 km[21]
  • Albedo: 0.082[22]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 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.
  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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