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(26797) 1978 VS8

Summary

(26797) 1978 VS8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (26797) 1978 VS8 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's follows is recorded as (26796) 1978 VO6[6].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's followed by is recorded as (26798) 1979 QG2[7].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VS8[10].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 WB12[11].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20026797[13].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}[14].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0505237'}[15].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04825181758263403'}[16].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}[17].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.92'}[18].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.88894'}[19].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.893382886430726'}[20].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.02'}[21].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1469.4814635305'}[22].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+184.72635'}[23].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+184.6383889068954'}[24].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5290579'}[25].
  • (26797) 1978 VS8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.529553039917808'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(26797) 1978 VS8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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