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(70896) 1999 VH172

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(70896) 1999 VH172

Summary

(70896) 1999 VH172 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (70896) 1999 VH172 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site[4].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172 followed (70895) 1999 VC172[5].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172 was followed by (70897) 1999 VG174[6].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VH172[9].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 14, 1999[10].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1965901090322728'}[11].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.23'}[12].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.204861675475018'}[13].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1481.014069156926'}[14].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+50.59933462761568'}[15].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.542770542388212'}[16].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.042654080560362'}[17].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.042887004216062'}[18].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+279.7154462211269'}[19].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+130.4408256964496'}[20].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's epoch is recorded as October 17, 2024[21].
  • (70896) 1999 VH172's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460063.8758387533'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(70896) 1999 VH172'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. 4w 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:P1096]]: 0.1965901090322728±0.0000000011223"
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