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(131568) 2001 VK61

Summary

(131568) 2001 VK61 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (131568) 2001 VK61 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's follows is recorded as (131567) 2001 VG60[5].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's followed by is recorded as (131569) 2001 VE63[6].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 VK61[9].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-11-10T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20131568[11].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0392984978038815'}[12].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.64'}[13].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.953866352317164'}[14].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1190.988060937188'}[15].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+45.7136'}[16].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+279.442357522317'}[17].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.19890257253278'}[18].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.285316140450409'}[19].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.112489004615151'}[20].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+215.5632823619962'}[21].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+231.8044253456639'}[22].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 131568[23].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's epoch is recorded as March 31, 2024[24].
  • (131568) 2001 VK61's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460824.609441329'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(131568) 2001 VK61's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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 . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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