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(22256) 1978 VP9

Summary

(22256) 1978 VP9 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (22256) 1978 VP9 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's follows is recorded as (22255) 1978 VX4[6].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's followed by is recorded as (22257) 1978 VJ10[7].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VP9[10].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HH29[11].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20022256[13].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}[14].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1345812'}[15].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1338468147884256'}[16].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.4'}[17].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.41'}[18].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.37537'}[19].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.37200295919583'}[20].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.56'}[21].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1302.535238741418'}[22].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+237.20391'}[23].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+237.1509001898553'}[24].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3324777'}[25].
  • (22256) 1978 VP9's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.334142518574345'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(22256) 1978 VP9's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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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