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(488486) 1999 VQ6

Summary

(488486) 1999 VQ6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (488486) 1999 VQ6 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[5].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[6].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VQ6[8].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-05T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20488486[10].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.5115965656347262'}[11].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.69'}[12].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.61548614126914'}[13].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1524.497069652527'}[14].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+203.4623245726587'}[15].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.592301103306986'}[16].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.918513444849952'}[17].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.266088761764021'}[18].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+254.311874574889'}[19].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.94450751592485'}[20].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z65c645[21].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 488486[22].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[23].
  • (488486) 1999 VQ6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460724.510141321'}[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] ↑ . 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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