(26398) 1999 VL188

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(26398) 1999 VL188

Summary

(26398) 1999 VL188 is an asteroid^[1].

Key Facts

(26398) 1999 VL188 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[2].
(26398) 1999 VL188's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].
(26398) 1999 VL188's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[4].
(26398) 1999 VL188's follows is recorded as 26397 Carolynsinow^[5].
(26398) 1999 VL188's followed by is recorded as 26399 Rileyennis^[6].
(26398) 1999 VL188's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
(26398) 1999 VL188's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
(26398) 1999 VL188's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VL188^[9].
(26398) 1999 VL188's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BL62^[10].
(26398) 1999 VL188's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-15T00:00:00Z^[11].
(26398) 1999 VL188's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20026398^[12].
(26398) 1999 VL188's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}^[13].
(26398) 1999 VL188's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1656337'}^[14].
(26398) 1999 VL188's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1666975008915589'}^[15].
(26398) 1999 VL188's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.2'}^[16].
(26398) 1999 VL188's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.34'}^[17].
(26398) 1999 VL188's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.49167'}^[18].
(26398) 1999 VL188's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.494305097461295'}^[19].
(26398) 1999 VL188's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.76'}^[20].
(26398) 1999 VL188's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1372.650179704188'}^[21].
(26398) 1999 VL188's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+151.61412'}^[22].
(26398) 1999 VL188's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+151.599255029467'}^[23].
(26398) 1999 VL188's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4184911'}^[24].
(26398) 1999 VL188's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.417172416112286'}^[25].
(26398) 1999 VL188's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.819'}^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(26398) 1999 VL188's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].

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Instance of asteroid

Follows 26397 Carolynsinow

Followed by 26399 Rileyennis

Properties

Absolute magnitude unit: 1, amount: +15.2, unit: 1, amount: +15.34

Albedo unit: 1, amount: +0.054

Apoapsis unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +2.819, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +2.820109017102215

Argument of periapsis unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +91.56941, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +91.11724546359001

Diameter unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +5.238

Discoverer or inventor Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research

Epoch November 21, 2025

Imported from wholeness_audit_2026-05-02

Longitude of ascending node unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +151.61412, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +151.599255029467

Mean anomaly unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +231.93574, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +141.5777666626956

Minor planet group asteroid belt

Orbital eccentricity unit: 1, amount: +0.17, unit: 1, amount: +0.1656337, unit: 1, amount: +0.1666975008915589

Orbital inclination unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +3.49167, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +3.494305097461295

Orbital period unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +3.76, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +1372.650179704188

Parent astronomical body Sun

Periapsis unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +2.0179075, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +2.014235815122357

Provisional designation 1999 VL188, 2001 BL62

Semi-major axis of an orbit unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +2.4184911, unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +2.417172416112286

Site of astronomical discovery Experimental Test Site

Time of discovery or invention November 15, 1999

Time of periapsis unit: www.wikidata.org, amount: +2460460.67570319

External References (4)

Google knowledge graph id /g/11f85nlxs0

Jpl small-body database spk-id 20026398

Minor planet center body id 26398

Wolfram language entity code Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet26398Provisional1999VL188"]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — instance of (P31): asteroid. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-03-27. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — discoverer or inventor (P61): Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-03-27. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — site of astronomical discovery (P65): Experimental Test Site. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-04-23. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — follows (P155): 26397 Carolynsinow. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — followed by (P156): 26399 Rileyennis. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — minor planet group (P196): asteroid belt. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-03-27. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — parent astronomical body (P397): Sun. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — provisional designation (P490): 1999 VL188. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-03-27. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — provisional designation (P490): 2001 BL62. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-03-27. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — time of discovery or invention (P575): +1999-11-15T00:00:00Z. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-03-27. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID (P716): 20026398. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2024-03-27. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — orbital eccentricity (P1096): {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — orbital eccentricity (P1096): {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1656337'}. minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — orbital eccentricity (P1096): {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1666975008915589'}. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2025-12-26. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — absolute magnitude (P1457): {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.2'}. minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — absolute magnitude (P1457): {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.34'}. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2025-12-26. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — orbital inclination (P2045): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.49167'}. minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — orbital inclination (P2045): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.494305097461295'}. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2025-12-26. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — orbital period (P2146): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.76'}. minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — orbital period (P2146): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1372.650179704188'}. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2025-12-26. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — longitude of ascending node (P2213): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+151.61412'}. minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — longitude of ascending node (P2213): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+151.599255029467'}. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2025-12-26. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — semi-major axis of an orbit (P2233): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4184911'}. minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — semi-major axis of an orbit (P2233): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.417172416112286'}. JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved 2025-12-26. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 — apoapsis (P2243): {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.819'}. minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ (26398) 1999 VL188 is an instance of asteroid (Q3863) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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