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How to determine the primary Uniprot accession number from a list of accession numbers?

Given a list of Uniprot ids that are linked to a Esemble ID is there a way to systematically determine which is the primary accession number with no other information?

According to ExPasy

Researchers who wish to cite entries in their publications should always cite the first accession number. This is commonly referred to as the 'primary accession number'. 'Secondary accession numbers' are sorted alphanumerically.

But what if the order has been jumbled or compiled from a different source and resorted.

For example:

Ensembl:

ENSMUSG00000035642

Uniprot:

Q8R0P4, Q8CF11, D6RJK8, D6RJJ4, D3Z442, D3Z1Q3, D3YZD8, D3YY39, D3YX09, D3YWY5