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(66866) 1999 VS45

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(66866) 1999 VS45

Summary

(66866) 1999 VS45 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66866) 1999 VS45 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[4].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45 followed (66865) 1999 VG44[5].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45 was followed by (66867) 1999 VN47[6].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VS45[9].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RV20[10].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 4, 1999[11].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.141039312355062'}[12].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.83'}[13].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.433140216456293'}[14].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1615.279930021261'}[15].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+351.5657477989329'}[16].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.694219117127697'}[17].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.07420992874125'}[18].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.314228305514145'}[19].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+239.0099321510941'}[20].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.76261766569763'}[21].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+10.955'}[22].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.059'}[23].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66866) 1999 VS45's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460475.932224666'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66866) 1999 VS45'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. 26d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → asteroid
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Provisional designation → 1999 VS45, 1994 RV20
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.83'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.141039312355062±0.00000000057982"
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