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(22256) 1978 VP9

asteroid
Asteroid Q5331513

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
(22255) 1978 VX4[5]
Followed by
(22257) 1978 VJ10[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.4, 15.41[15][16]
Albedo
0.411
Apoapsis
2.646 astronomical unit, 2.646560059947755 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
84.01814 degree, 84.21865350351733 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
237.20391 degree, 237.1509001898553 degree[21][22]
Mean anomaly
216.09614 degree, 104.3569016860086 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.13 (0.13–0.13, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
6.37537 degree, 6.37200295919583 degree[17][18]
Orbital period
3.56 year, 1,302.535238741418 day[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.0185701 astronomical unit, 2.021724977200936 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 VP9, 1998 HH29[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3324777 astronomical unit, 2.334142518574345 astronomical unit[23][24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,422.9207170783 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (22256) 1978 VP9 ru 1978 VP9 ru 1998 HH29 zh 小行星22256
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f7r7rqwh
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20022256
Minor Planet Center body ID
22256
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet22256Provisional1978VP9"]

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Summary

(22256) 1978 VP9 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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