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(72460) 2001 DU18

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Summary

(72460) 2001 DU18 is an asteroid[1]. (72460) 2001 DU18 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Experimental Test Site[4]
  • Follows: (72459) 2001 DP18[5]
  • Followed by: (72461) 2001 DV18[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2002 LX11[9], 2001 DU18[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: February 16, 2001[11]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.167277660380302[12]
  • Absolute magnitude: 14.51[13]
  • Orbital inclination: 10.55985123147263 degree[14]
  • Orbital period: 1667.384298163495 day[15]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 118.5409416251197 degree[16]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.75185061049459 astronomical unit[17]
  • Apoapsis: 3.21217374233423 astronomical unit[18]
  • Periapsis: 2.291527478654949 astronomical unit[19]
  • Argument of periapsis: 195.9365046472417 degree[20]
  • Mean anomaly: 10.00448576639569 degree[21]
  • Diameter: 3.563 km[22]
  • Albedo: 0.291[23]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[24]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460954.1629931163 Julian day[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1667.384298163495'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.21217374233423'}
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460954.1629931163'}
    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.167277660380302'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Absolute magnitude: 14.53"
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