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(34999) 1978 VC3

Summary

(34999) 1978 VC3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (34999) 1978 VC3 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's follows is recorded as (34998) 1978 SE[6].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's followed by is recorded as (35000) 1978 VN3[7].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VC3[10].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 UH66[11].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20034999[13].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}[14].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1897577'}[15].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1904041665367021'}[16].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.2'}[17].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.41'}[18].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.35778'}[19].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.362296484598546'}[20].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.61'}[21].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1683.193048044165'}[22].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+4.647'}[23].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+255.96965'}[24].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+255.9047363757409'}[25].
  • (34999) 1978 VC3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7686971'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(34999) 1978 VC3'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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