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(66859) 1999 VQ30

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(66859) 1999 VQ30

Summary

(66859) 1999 VQ30 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66859) 1999 VQ30 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30 followed (66858) 1999 VJ27[5].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30 was followed by (66860) 1999 VZ30[6].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VQ30[9].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 3, 1999[10].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1153588414178358'}[11].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}[12].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.32787686746289'}[13].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1757.89957639928'}[14].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+236.9366509337334'}[15].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.850561551622602'}[16].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.179399029608014'}[17].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.52172407363719'}[18].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+196.1130859495649'}[19].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+52.56267179461992'}[20].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.592'}[21].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.217'}[22].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (66859) 1999 VQ30's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460343.8336153273'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(66859) 1999 VQ30'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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Site of astronomical discovery → Experimental Test Site
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Provisional designation → 1999 VQ30
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.8"
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