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(24616) 1978 VC9

asteroid
Place asteroid Q6423085

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(24615) 1978 VO5[5]
Followed by
(24617) 1978 WU[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.1, 15.35[16][17]
Albedo
0.371
Apoapsis
2.891 astronomical unit, 2.890020354155852 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
209.98260 degree, 208.9336799532989 degree
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
267.83722 degree, 267.7336191332006 degree[22][23]
Mean anomaly
215.52288 degree, 17.27698799729613 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.12 (0.12–0.12, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
1.40585 degree, 1.407540356490691 degree[18][19]
Orbital period
4.16 year, 1,521.322971288202 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.2849740 astronomical unit, 2.287382908597587 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1978 VC9, 1978 WM12, 1999 XL83[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5879579 astronomical unit, 2.588701631376719 astronomical unit[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[12]
Time of periapsis
2,460,727.489225792 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en (24616) 1978 VC9 ru 1978 VC9 ru 1978 WM12 ru 1999 XL83 zh 小行星24616
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f86rm_fg
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20024616
Minor Planet Center body ID
24616
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet24616Provisional1978VC9"]

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Summary

(24616) 1978 VC9 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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