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(24613) 1978 VL3

asteroid
Place asteroid Q6423070

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
(24612) 1978 UE6[5]
Followed by
(24614) 1978 VY3[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.9, 15.02[15][16]
Albedo
0.171
Apoapsis
2.639 astronomical unit, 2.639036840833235 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
274.11620 degree, 274.0145633230113 degree
Diameter
3.686 km
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Longitude of ascending node
47.64963 degree, 47.62185931560403 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
229.81351 degree, 252.5559222959429 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.16 (0.16–0.16, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
3.51241 degree, 3.510635097535686 degree[17][18]
Orbital period
3.45 year, 1,259.923785951337 day[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.9276967 astronomical unit, 1.926871908298533 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 VL3, 1998 MX27[9][10]
Rotation period
7.82599 hour[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2832486 astronomical unit, 2.282954374565884 astronomical unit[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2,461,176.5315254414 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (24613) 1978 VL3 ru 1978 VL3 ru 1998 MX27 zh 小行星24613
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f85cv5h2
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20024613
Minor Planet Center body ID
24613
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet24613Provisional1978VL3"]

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Summary

(24613) 1978 VL3 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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