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(474179) 1999 VS6

Summary

(474179) 1999 VS6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (474179) 1999 VS6 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[5].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[6].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VS6[8].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-06T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20474179[10].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2230185355774235'}[11].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+19.08'}[12].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.97109153238113'}[13].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+478.7013636034692'}[14].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+15.88'}[15].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+35.2811239255139'}[16].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.1975973466976'}[17].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.464683753169506'}[18].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.930510940225693'}[19].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+89.35171343202887'}[20].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+99.40763903523518'}[21].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 474179[22].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[23].
  • (474179) 1999 VS6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460668.315076781'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

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. [2] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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 . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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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