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(58040) 2002 VU122

Summary

(58040) 2002 VU122 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (58040) 2002 VU122 is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking[2].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's follows is recorded as (58039) 2002 VC113[5].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's followed by is recorded as (58041) 2002 VU127[6].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 VU122[9].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 BW2[10].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-11-13T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20058040[12].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1408199363644267'}[13].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.05'}[14].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.093408916478422'}[15].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1531.271857039995'}[16].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+335.8354466460107'}[17].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.599975462342268'}[18].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.966103841498377'}[19].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.233847083186159'}[20].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+164.6901101612173'}[21].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+109.9735374599668'}[22].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.154'}[23].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.102'}[24].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 58040[25].
  • (58040) 2002 VU122's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(58040) 2002 VU122's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

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. [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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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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