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(41042) 1999 VB2

Summary

(41042) 1999 VB2 is an asteroid[1]. (41042) 1999 VB2 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (41042) 1999 VB2 is credited with the discovery of Atsushi Sugie[3].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Dainik Astronomical Observatory[5].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's follows is recorded as (41041) 1999 VV1[6].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's followed by is recorded as (41043) 1999 VW4[7].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VB2[10].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WY8[11].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-03T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h7n663[13].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20041042[14].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2829847226246407'}[15].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.81'}[16].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.37491661748281'}[17].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2062.597463786582'}[18].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+20.384'}[19].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+87.44323461145771'}[20].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.171105578900726'}[21].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.068480011559399'}[22].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.273731146242053'}[23].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+78.34160185932625'}[24].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+96.88220862903154'}[25].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+17.794'}[26].
  • (41042) 1999 VB2's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.074'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(41042) 1999 VB2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(41042) 1999 VB2 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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