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(90878) 1996 VY37

Summary

(90878) 1996 VY37 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (90878) 1996 VY37 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37 followed (90877) 1996 VQ5[5].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37 was followed by (90879) 1996 WB1[6].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VY37[9].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 1, 1996[10].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2248411769256312'}[11].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.03'}[12].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.333657668677597'}[13].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1529.283203587869'}[14].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+40.91546934430109'}[15].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.597723926605266'}[16].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.181799231591066'}[17].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.013648621619466'}[18].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+24.66752945086998'}[19].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+316.9182193713159'}[20].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[21].
  • (90878) 1996 VY37's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2461183.511787489'}[22].

Body

Designation and Status

(90878) 1996 VY37'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. 19w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital eccentricity → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2248411769256312'}
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    Absolute magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.03'}
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
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