(35681) 1999 BC2
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Summary
(35681) 1999 BC2 is an asteroid[1]. (35681) 1999 BC2 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Yoshisada Shimizu[3], Takeshi Urata[4]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Nachi-Katsuura Observatory[5]
- Follows: (35680) 1999 AS21[6]
- Followed by: (35682) 1999 BP2[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8], inner asteroid belt[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1989 PK1[11], 1999 BC2[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 16, 1999[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.06[14], 0.0599832[15], 0.05982329958994062[16]
- Absolute magnitude: 14.8[17], 14.84[18]
- Orbital inclination: 17.49559 degree[19], 17.49181158552372 degree[20]
- Orbital period: 2.74 years[21], 1000.480903670543 day[22]
- Longitude of ascending node: 336.75545 degree[23], 336.7040043001203 degree[24]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 1.9575739 astronomical unit[25], 1.957673450912281 astronomical unit[26]
- Apoapsis: 2.075 astronomical unit[27], 2.07478793626548 astronomical unit[28]
- Periapsis: 1.8401524 astronomical unit[29], 1.840558965559083 astronomical unit[30]
- Argument of periapsis: 325.72151 degree[31], 325.4368617540887 degree[32]
- Mean anomaly: 185.97722 degree[33], 113.7845697015303 degree[34]
- Diameter: 1.961 km[35]
- Albedo: 0.606[36]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[37]
- Time of periapsis: 2460684.2797524477 Julian day[38]
Why It Matters
(35681) 1999 BC2 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]