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(60177) 1999 VU6

Summary

(60177) 1999 VU6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (60177) 1999 VU6 is credited with the discovery of Walter R. Cooney, Jr.[2].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's follows is recorded as (60176) 1999 VY5[4].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's followed by is recorded as (60178) 1999 VY6[5].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[6].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 BR73[8].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VS227[9].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VU6[10].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-08T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20060177[12].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1012757983072367'}[13].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.18'}[14].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.364802928398552'}[15].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1273.304413742686'}[16].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+56.0932445382938'}[17].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.299089502179248'}[18].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.531931626892239'}[19].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.066247377466258'}[20].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+135.7203021440032'}[21].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+272.846007853113'}[22].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 60177[23].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (60177) 1999 VU6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460908.7598968777'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(60177) 1999 VU6'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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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