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(69020) 2002 VU51

Summary

(69020) 2002 VU51 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (69020) 2002 VU51 is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search[2].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station[4].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51 followed (69019) 2002 VA35[5].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51 was followed by (69021) 2002 VR53[6].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 VU51[9].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 AE1[10].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 6, 2002[11].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2437145371404013'}[12].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.62'}[13].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.214626339728318'}[14].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2001.972187221117'}[15].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+8.16966'}[16].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+133.1425044077082'}[17].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.108658927467382'}[18].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.866284299102472'}[19].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.351033555832293'}[20].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+177.163673756569'}[21].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+70.11108684086892'}[22].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+8.015'}[23].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.052'}[24].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[25].
  • (69020) 2002 VU51's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460210.60987258'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(69020) 2002 VU51'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.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.052'}
    Discoverer or inventor → Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 14.62"
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