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(66850) 1999 VX8

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(66850) 1999 VX8

Summary

(66850) 1999 VX8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66850) 1999 VX8 is credited with the discovery of Charles W. Juels[2].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Fountain Hills Observatory[4].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8 followed (66849) 1999 VM8[5].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8 was followed by (66851) 1999 VT9[6].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VX8[9].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 9, 1999[10].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2572475165440768'}[11].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.93'}[12].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.64702516557847'}[13].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1605.983114021755'}[14].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+9.495'}[15].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+171.2242848593435'}[16].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.683871375846991'}[17].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.374290622007364'}[18].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.993452129686618'}[19].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+199.8991270257076'}[20].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+254.1826356108683'}[21].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+6.521'}[22].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.055'}[23].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66850) 1999 VX8's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461072.558056609'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66850) 1999 VX8'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.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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  1. 22d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.93'}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.93"
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