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(60178) 1999 VY6

Summary

(60178) 1999 VY6 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (60178) 1999 VY6 is credited with the discovery of Charles W. Juels[2].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Fountain Hills Observatory[4].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's follows is recorded as (60177) 1999 VU6[5].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's followed by is recorded as (60179) 1999 VE7[6].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VY6[9].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-08T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20060178[11].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2079650175880579'}[12].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.21'}[13].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.6359310673892'}[14].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1455.671115624627'}[15].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+5.186'}[16].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+118.0474243349243'}[17].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.513679433182692'}[18].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.03643682071527'}[19].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.990922045650114'}[20].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+267.3376359558752'}[21].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+102.2807536795215'}[22].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 60178[23].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (60178) 1999 VY6's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460186.924614401'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(60178) 1999 VY6'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 . 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 . 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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