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(162273) 1999 VL12

Summary

(162273) 1999 VL12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (162273) 1999 VL12 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[5].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's follows is recorded as (162272) 1999 VQ9[6].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's followed by is recorded as (162274) 1999 VO19[7].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[8].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VL12[10].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20162273[12].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.23645838545109'}[13].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.27'}[14].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.18495894682793'}[15].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+734.8831856131242'}[16].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+7.38'}[17].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+234.3893216249866'}[18].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.593724525186509'}[19].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.970574053265916'}[20].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.216874997107102'}[21].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+40.94241080048597'}[22].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.624049992539567'}[23].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65y9m6[24].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet162273Provisional1999VL12"][25].
  • (162273) 1999 VL12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 162273[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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