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(428209) 2006 VC

Summary

(428209) 2006 VC is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (428209) 2006 VC is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid[4].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[5].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[6].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's provisional designation is recorded as 2006 VC[9].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-11-01T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20428209[11].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.4921369121386461'}[12].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+20.12'}[13].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.25325023157317'}[14].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+988.1573175524335'}[15].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+7.8'}[16].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+87.52497631814492'}[17].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.941564291943153'}[18].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.897079747298713'}[19].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.986048836587593'}[20].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+19.23366731033325'}[21].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+280.1165517688669'}[22].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z653btp[23].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet428209Provisional2006VC"][24].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 428209[25].
  • (428209) 2006 VC's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3], potentially hazardous asteroid[4], and near-Earth object[5].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . 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. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). (428209) 2006 VC. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/-428209-2006-vc
MLA “(428209) 2006 VC.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/-428209-2006-vc.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_-428209-2006-vc_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{(428209) 2006 VC}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/-428209-2006-vc}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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