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(66921) 1999 VY178

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(66921) 1999 VY178

Summary

(66921) 1999 VY178 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (66921) 1999 VY178 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178 followed (66920) 1999 VN178[5].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178 was followed by (66922) 1999 VC185[6].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VY178[9].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 6, 1999[10].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2555148485947328'}[11].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.93'}[12].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.65410640491141'}[13].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1956.898949027258'}[14].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+150.4308557622684'}[15].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.061822302014265'}[16].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.844163363937415'}[17].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.279481240091114'}[18].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+192.121108527484'}[19].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+279.8752173937697'}[20].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (66921) 1999 VY178's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461036.044730203'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(66921) 1999 VY178'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. 27d ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20066921
    Instance of → asteroid
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2325]]: 353.4550252474439±0.0000034477 degree, from JPL"
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