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(55722) 1978 VU3

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(55722) 1978 VU3

Summary

(55722) 1978 VU3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (55722) 1978 VU3 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's follows is recorded as (55721) 1978 UX4[6].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's followed by is recorded as (55723) 1979 MP2[7].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 UQ65[10].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 KZ56[11].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VU3[12].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055722[14].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2514093286946407'}[15].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.48'}[16].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.503258612690804'}[17].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1682.329036600107'}[18].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+242.5895915496679'}[19].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.768269339430456'}[20].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.464238075702624'}[21].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.072300603158289'}[22].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+113.7437297741991'}[23].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.2037877798278'}[24].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.898'}[25].
  • (55722) 1978 VU3's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.185'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(55722) 1978 VU3'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 . 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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