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(86296) 1999 VA21

Summary

(86296) 1999 VA21 is an asteroid[1]. (86296) 1999 VA21 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (86296) 1999 VA21 is credited with the discovery of Atsushi Sugie[3].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Dainik Astronomical Observatory[5].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21 followed (86295) 1999 VZ14[6].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21 was followed by (86297) 1999 VP21[7].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt[9].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 KE3[11].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VA21[12].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 9, 1999[13].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05986123154979762'}[14].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.96'}[15].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.10419478973163'}[16].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+969.8903326904856'}[17].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+236.0981006006526'}[18].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.917562239981579'}[19].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.032349877240265'}[20].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.802774602722893'}[21].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+63.62655400539243'}[22].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+37.53844668802907'}[23].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[24].
  • (86296) 1999 VA21's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460899.3661762583'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

(86296) 1999 VA21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(86296) 1999 VA21 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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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. 18w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Discoverer or inventor → Atsushi Sugie
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Freebase id → /m/0h7p6yh
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:(86296) 1999 وی اے 21]]"
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