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(24615) 1978 VO5

asteroid
Place asteroid Q6423080

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
(24614) 1978 VY3[5]
Followed by
(24616) 1978 VC9[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.2, 15.4[15][16]
Albedo
0.371
Apoapsis
2.551 astronomical unit, 2.551186538350863 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
120.05837 degree, 119.9831027506735 degree
Diameter
2.182 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
271.84294 degree, 271.7738989379511 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
257.63751 degree, 162.1215343243232 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.11 (0.11–0.11, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
2.57857 degree, 2.58027454759922 degree[17][18]
Orbital period
3.47 year, 1,268.303449306777 day[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.0372826 astronomical unit, 2.034944858066003 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 VO5, 1999 XH83[9][10]
Rotation period
11.03 hour[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2939804 astronomical unit, 2.293065698208433 astronomical unit[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,229.335274471 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (24615) 1978 VO5 ru 1978 VO5 ru 1999 XH83 zh 小行星24615
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gkq_dz6t
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20024615
Minor Planet Center body ID
24615
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet24615Provisional1978VO5"]

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Summary

(24615) 1978 VO5 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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