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(52542) 1996 VU4

Summary

(52542) 1996 VU4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (52542) 1996 VU4 is credited with the discovery of Takao Kobayashi[2].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ōizumi Observatory[4].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's follows is recorded as (52541) 1996 VB[5].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's followed by is recorded as (52543) 1996 VA11[6].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VU4[9].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-13T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20052542[11].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1595059337281287'}[12].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.97'}[13].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.87780399976916'}[14].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1901.256988376299'}[15].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+78.16890564316584'}[16].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.003504343536886'}[17].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.482581108309228'}[18].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.524427578764545'}[19].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+338.4008443438291'}[20].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+204.8425576706856'}[21].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+10.481'}[22].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.053'}[23].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 52542[24].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (52542) 1996 VU4's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461819.928254242'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(52542) 1996 VU4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . 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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