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(129599) 1997 VD8

Summary

(129599) 1997 VD8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (129599) 1997 VD8 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's follows is recorded as (129598) 1997 VL3[5].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's followed by is recorded as (129600) 1997 WZ1[6].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 VD8[9].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 AL151[10].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-06T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hhw7w2[12].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20129599[13].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1600337809029748'}[14].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.73'}[15].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.956352135776852'}[16].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1306.543404469108'}[17].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+303.9634582664503'}[18].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.338928486801495'}[19].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.713236055806012'}[20].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.964620917796978'}[21].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+101.7417127528208'}[22].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+308.9121008894118'}[23].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.841'}[24].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}[25].
  • (129599) 1997 VD8's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 129599[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(129599) 1997 VD8'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. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
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