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(66876) 1999 VC55

Summary

(66876) 1999 VC55 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66876) 1999 VC55 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55 followed (66875) 1999 VY52[5].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55 was followed by (66877) 1999 VT60[6].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 DY46[9].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VC55[10].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 4, 1999[11].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09169319066866072'}[12].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.54'}[13].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.510240570364422'}[14].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1605.206225316092'}[15].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+219.633242572761'}[16].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.683005763797153'}[17].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.929019122862121'}[18].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.436992404732185'}[19].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+166.7950266624333'}[20].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+253.7476799919781'}[21].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.322'}[22].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.101'}[23].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[24].
  • (66876) 1999 VC55's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461074.2691264753'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(66876) 1999 VC55'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. 27d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of discovery or invention → +1999-11-04T00:00:00Z
    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.54'}
    Provisional designation → 2001 DY46, 1999 VC55
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1096]]: 0.09169319066866072±0.000000036948"
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