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(39715) 1996 VT

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Summary

(39715) 1996 VT is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Paul G. Comba[2]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Prescott Observatory[3]
  • Follows: (39714) 1996 UX1[4]
  • Followed by: (39716) 1996 VD2[5]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[6]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[7]
  • Provisional designation: 1996 VT[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: November 2, 1996[9]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.16[10], 0.1554275[11], 0.1562951908378063[12]
  • Absolute magnitude: 15.7[13], 15.84[14]
  • Orbital inclination: 2.40855 degree[15], 2.410962020954871 degree[16]
  • Orbital period: 3.34 years[17], 1219.257788445324 day[18]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 224.16415 degree[19], 224.1159898270784 degree[20]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.2341681 astronomical unit[21], 2.233562319554832 astronomical unit[22]
  • Apoapsis: 2.581 astronomical unit[23], 2.582657368537787 astronomical unit[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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