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(100640) 1997 VY3

Summary

(100640) 1997 VY3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (100640) 1997 VY3 is credited with the discovery of Tom Stafford[2].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's follows is recorded as (100639) 1997 VV3[4].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's followed by is recorded as 100641 Cledassou[5].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[6].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 VY3[8].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 JE39[9].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-07T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20100640[11].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2595029816481444'}[12].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.24'}[13].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.966979936083941'}[14].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1366.848885458252'}[15].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+241.8871106599447'}[16].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.410357072227824'}[17].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.035851919307636'}[18].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.784862225148012'}[19].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+97.27975533643036'}[20].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+218.8052611435569'}[21].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.961'}[22].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11g6vfbmz8[23].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.038'}[24].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 100640[25].
  • (100640) 1997 VY3's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(100640) 1997 VY3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. 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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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