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(23957) 1998 VL16

Summary

(23957) 1998 VL16 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (23957) 1998 VL16 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's follows is recorded as (23956) 1998 VD9[5].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's followed by is recorded as 23958 Theronice[6].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 XX1[9].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VL16[10].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-10T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023957[12].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}[13].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1051835'}[14].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1062722057595179'}[15].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.6'}[16].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.68'}[17].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.10218'}[18].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.10387337276112'}[19].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.36'}[20].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1953.109406766497'}[21].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+70.72433'}[22].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+70.69360689864845'}[23].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0612754'}[24].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.057868204781035'}[25].
  • (23957) 1998 VL16's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.383'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(23957) 1998 VL16'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 . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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