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(66909) 1999 VD163

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(66909) 1999 VD163

Summary

(66909) 1999 VD163 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66909) 1999 VD163 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163 followed (66908) 1999 VY162[5].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163 was followed by (66910) 1999 VZ165[6].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VD163[9].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 14, 1999[10].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0696693679163352'}[11].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.36'}[12].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.545020503220063'}[13].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1740.123855685773'}[14].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+325.8607221405292'}[15].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.831312606588861'}[16].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.028568366263458'}[17].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.634056846914264'}[18].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+28.18236780315327'}[19].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+125.1675213134214'}[20].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (66909) 1999 VD163's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2459995.480583904'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(66909) 1999 VD163'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. 28d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0696693679163352'}
    Followed by → (66910) 1999 VZ165
    Provisional designation → 1999 VD163
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.36"
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