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(48596) 1994 VY6

Summary

(48596) 1994 VY6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (48596) 1994 VY6 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[2].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[3].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[5].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6 followed (48595) 1994 VH2[6].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6 was followed by (48597) 1994 XP4[7].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 VY6[10].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SN116[11].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 7, 1994[12].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2778394001118923'}[13].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.79'}[14].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.048271722407172'}[15].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1488.128490403968'}[16].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+265.4445305040865'}[17].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.550907259162988'}[18].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.259649801789903'}[19].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.842164716536072'}[20].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+104.1530687256278'}[21].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+239.7166179442531'}[22].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+2.275'}[23].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.215'}[24].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (48596) 1994 VY6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461497.7142437757'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(48596) 1994 VY6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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 . 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] ↑ . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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  1. 17w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of discovery or invention → +1994-11-07T00:00:00Z
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet48596Provisional1994VY6"]
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20048596
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(48596) 1994 وی وائی 6]]"
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