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(59080) 1998 VU21

Summary

(59080) 1998 VU21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (59080) 1998 VU21 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's follows is recorded as (59079) 1998 VY19[5].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's followed by is recorded as (59081) 1998 VJ24[6].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 GE25[9].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VU21[10].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-11-10T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20059080[12].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12803781456039'}[13].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.09'}[14].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.951931999050915'}[15].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1223.607010571606'}[16].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.16561603947793'}[17].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.238870736194759'}[18].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.525530852340347'}[19].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.952210620049171'}[20].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+19.93186154379456'}[21].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+38.98778263569135'}[22].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 59080[23].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (59080) 1998 VU21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460867.9840995567'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(59080) 1998 VU21'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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