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(72462) 2001 DL21

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Summary

(72462) 2001 DL21 is an asteroid[1]. (72462) 2001 DL21 is known by 3 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: (72461) 2001 DV18[5]
  • Followed by: (72463) 2001 DP21[6]
  • Minor planet group: outer asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 2001 DL21[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: February 16, 2001[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.1088083459830397[11]
  • Absolute magnitude: 13.72[12]
  • Orbital inclination: 15.74421472858959 degree[13]
  • Orbital period: 2098.808374745921 day[14]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 18.25564750247959 degree[15]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.208112388922263 astronomical unit[16]
  • Apoapsis: 3.557181791688592 astronomical unit[17]
  • Periapsis: 2.859042986155933 astronomical unit[18]
  • Argument of periapsis: 198.4309655448909 degree[19]
  • Mean anomaly: 69.98725014174036 degree[20]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[21]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460592.472703547 Julian day[22]

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.

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': '+2098.808374745921'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.557181791688592'}
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460592.472703547'}
    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.1088083459830397'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Orbital eccentricity: 0.1085756764748679±0.00000000061945"
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