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(38556) 1999 VP87

Summary

(38556) 1999 VP87 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (38556) 1999 VP87 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's follows is recorded as (38555) 1999 VG83[5].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's followed by is recorded as (38557) 1999 VV92[6].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 SG12[9].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VP87[10].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-05T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20038556[12].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}[13].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0747279'}[14].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06946902735193562'}[15].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}[16].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.46'}[17].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.18901'}[18].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.20623241061335'}[19].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.65'}[20].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2065.478079372586'}[21].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+178.39781'}[22].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+178.1599516926451'}[23].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1705983'}[24].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.17405739455335'}[25].
  • (38556) 1999 VP87's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.408'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(38556) 1999 VP87's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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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