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(22255) 1978 VX4

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q5331488

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
22254 Vladbarmin[5]
Followed by
(22256) 1978 VP9[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.2, 15.33[15][16]
Albedo
0.411
Apoapsis
2.673 astronomical unit, 2.673627157420092 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
270.01960 degree, 270.2139044520733 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
65.85339 degree, 65.82063849512387 degree[21][22]
Mean anomaly
202.81782 degree, 91.81709749664242 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.15 (0.15–0.15, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
4.27212 degree, 4.269414989212001 degree[17][18]
Orbital period
3.56 year, 1,300.830121462205 day[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.9877885 astronomical unit, 1.990582897874293 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 VX4, 1992 SN26[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3304561 astronomical unit, 2.332105027647192 astronomical unit[23][24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,468.726538642 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (22255) 1978 VX4 ru 1978 VX4 ru 1992 SN26 zh 小行星22255
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f7r7m1q4
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20022255
Minor Planet Center body ID
22255
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet22255Provisional1978VX4"]

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Summary

(22255) 1978 VX4 is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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