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(27666) 1978 VU6

Summary

(27666) 1978 VU6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (27666) 1978 VU6 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's follows is recorded as (27665) 1978 VZ5[6].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's followed by is recorded as (27667) 1979 KJ[7].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VU6[10].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 SG3[11].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20027666[13].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}[14].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1883761'}[15].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1872880417218401'}[16].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.0'}[17].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.33'}[18].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.65441'}[19].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.654377150436987'}[20].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.88'}[21].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1416.686674539975'}[22].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+4.849'}[23].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+270.04879'}[24].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.9675719089776'}[25].
  • (27666) 1978 VU6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4682642'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(27666) 1978 VU6'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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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