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(157861) 1998 VK48

Summary

(157861) 1998 VK48 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (157861) 1998 VK48 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's follows is recorded as (157860) 1998 VV25[5].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's followed by is recorded as (157862) 1998 WW11[6].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt[7].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 SO254[9].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VK48[10].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-15T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20157861[12].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.222949956778774'}[13].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.58'}[14].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.722475493092962'}[15].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2897.078037524519'}[16].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+74.33064998257106'}[17].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.977173264119078'}[18].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.863883871456123'}[19].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.090462656782034'}[20].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+257.0163018682176'}[21].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+180.643150677286'}[22].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 157861[23].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (157861) 1998 VK48's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2462243.8633029233'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(157861) 1998 VK48'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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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