Home › Entities › asteroid › (70792) 1999 VK50

(70792) 1999 VK50

asteroid
Place asteroid Q15183442
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

(70792) 1999 VK50

Summary

(70792) 1999 VK50 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70792) 1999 VK50 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50 followed (70791) 1999 VX49[5].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50 was followed by (70793) 1999 VW50[6].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 FD51[9].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 XH262[10].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VK50[11].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 3, 1999[12].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1004238498806144'}[13].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.5'}[14].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.991258221298114'}[15].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1556.453405992443'}[16].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+23.46804360140408'}[17].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.628402055781856'}[18].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.892356309257592'}[19].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.364447802306121'}[20].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+120.7885249565071'}[21].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+227.4218888918787'}[22].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[23].
  • (70792) 1999 VK50's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461173.699034984'}[24].

Body

Designation and Status

(70792) 1999 VK50's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). (70792) 1999 VK50. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/-70792-1999-vk50
MLA “(70792) 1999 VK50.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/-70792-1999-vk50.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_-70792-1999-vk50_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{(70792) 1999 VK50}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/-70792-1999-vk50}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): (70792) 1999 VK50 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/-70792-1999-vk50 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/-70792-1999-vk50 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount':
    Epoch → October 17, 2024
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1457]]: 15.5"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.