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(298254) 2002 VG78

Summary

(298254) 2002 VG78 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (298254) 2002 VG78 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[5].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid[6].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 VG78[8].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-11-07T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20298254[10].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1112054543076792'}[11].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun[12].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.18'}[13].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.33195495135051'}[14].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4301.424574858337'}[15].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+227.4920110388439'}[16].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.176178645658507'}[17].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.751797943526669'}[18].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.600559347790345'}[19].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+172.7696772964601'}[20].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+340.5101220543129'}[21].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/124xv7wd9[22].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 298254[23].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (298254) 2002 VG78's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461033.372888768'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(298254) 2002 VG78's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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