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(24614) 1978 VY3

asteroid
Place asteroid Q6423074

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
(24613) 1978 VL3[5]
Followed by
(24615) 1978 VO5[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.8, 14.94[16][17]
Albedo
0.264
Apoapsis
2.916 astronomical unit, 2.916804282700952 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
104.67386 degree, 104.2738169597042 degree
Diameter
2.709 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
268.60180 degree, 268.5049608075499 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
12.18605 degree, 184.9002402304962 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.14 (0.14–0.14, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
3.25989 degree, 3.261990668373681 degree[18][19]
Orbital period
4.07 year, 1,487.765905426952 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.1867149 astronomical unit, 2.184181491584252 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 VY3, 1986 UM3, 1992 DJ9[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5511659 astronomical unit, 2.550492887142602 astronomical unit[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[12]
Time of periapsis
2,461,524.131812871 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (24614) 1978 VY3 ru 1978 VY3 ru 1986 UM3 ru 1992 DJ9 zh 小行星24614
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gknjd90b
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20024614
Minor Planet Center body ID
24614
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet24614Provisional1978VY3"]

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Summary

(24614) 1978 VY3 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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