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(58505) 1996 VU15

Summary

(58505) 1996 VU15 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (58505) 1996 VU15 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[2].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[4].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's follows is recorded as (58504) 1996 VZ3[5].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's followed by is recorded as (58506) 1996 VJ22[6].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 JY116[9].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VU15[10].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-11-05T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20058505[12].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1525552875123233'}[13].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.46'}[14].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.88939987500467'}[15].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1608.439373461806'}[16].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+50.76161110424188'}[17].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.686607230732848'}[18].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.096463369249984'}[19].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.276751092215711'}[20].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+208.9668921740466'}[21].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+350.0170543129844'}[22].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 58505[23].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (58505) 1996 VU15's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461045.1026747394'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(58505) 1996 VU15'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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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