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(66168) 1998 VK28

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(66168) 1998 VK28

Summary

(66168) 1998 VK28 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66168) 1998 VK28 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28 followed (66167) 1998 VG28[5].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28 was followed by (66169) 1998 VO29[6].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VK28[9].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 10, 1998[10].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2122344529936736'}[11].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.65'}[12].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.901586135003869'}[13].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1355.002336680571'}[14].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+73.05723167322556'}[15].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.396409751634858'}[16].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.905010464421787'}[17].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.887809038847928'}[18].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+350.1442958646847'}[19].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+346.9300700930491'}[20].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (66168) 1998 VK28's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460649.693848789'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(66168) 1998 VK28'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] ↑ . 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 . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Provisional designation → 1998 VK28
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20066168
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.65"
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