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(13909) 1978 VD8

Summary

(13909) 1978 VD8 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (13909) 1978 VD8 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's follows is recorded as 13908 Wölbern[6].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's followed by is recorded as 13910 Iranolt[7].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SG128[10].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 KJ4[11].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VD8[12].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20013909[14].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}[15].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0537877'}[16].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.054274720302511'}[17].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.7'}[18].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.92'}[19].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.26406'}[20].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.264035537713466'}[21].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.39'}[22].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1238.817863793335'}[23].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.10447'}[24].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.05949812818418'}[25].
  • (13909) 1978 VD8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2572945'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(13909) 1978 VD8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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 . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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