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(17660) 1996 VP6

Summary

(17660) 1996 VP6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (17660) 1996 VP6 is credited with the discovery of Stephen P. Laurie[2].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Church Stretton[4].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's follows is recorded as (17659) 1996 VX5[5].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's followed by is recorded as (17661) 1996 VW7[6].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VP6[9].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 EC3[10].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 SE2[11].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-07T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20017660[13].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}[14].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1930301'}[15].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1922767535175722'}[16].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.0'}[17].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.24'}[18].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.97250'}[19].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.975059083453346'}[20].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.99'}[21].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1459.371153363811'}[22].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+325.98533'}[23].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+325.7286520468207'}[24].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5168010'}[25].
  • (17660) 1996 VP6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.517937159170258'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(17660) 1996 VP6'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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: 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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