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(338309) 2002 VR17

Summary

(338309) 2002 VR17 is an asteroid[1]. (338309) 2002 VR17 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (338309) 2002 VR17 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's instance of is recorded as minor planet[5].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[6].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 VR17[9].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-11-07T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20338309[11].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2070761948438914'}[12].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.69'}[13].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.991451657151504'}[14].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1220.439851153139'}[15].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+96.6728135229716'}[16].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.235005702745816'}[17].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.697822179124817'}[18].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.772189226366815'}[19].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+260.8319781000788'}[20].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+353.4653558117813'}[21].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 338309[22].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[23].
  • (338309) 2002 VR17's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461022.6531671677'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[4] and minor planet[5].

Why It Matters

(338309) 2002 VR17 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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