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(55531) 2001 VL121

Summary

(55531) 2001 VL121 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55531) 2001 VL121 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's follows is recorded as (55530) 2001 VV93[5].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's followed by is recorded as (55532) 2001 WG2[6].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 VL121[9].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-11-15T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055531[11].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1030038864894822'}[12].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.99'}[13].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.78429783125509'}[14].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1891.837361369535'}[15].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+87.20200452566743'}[16].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.993575717703921'}[17].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.301925651127966'}[18].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.685225784279876'}[19].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.6851893597652'}[20].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+252.5675985568421'}[21].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+5.197'}[22].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.26'}[23].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 55531[24].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (55531) 2001 VL121's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461565.0684190886'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55531) 2001 VL121'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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