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(15982) 1998 VA4

Summary

(15982) 1998 VA4 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (15982) 1998 VA4 is credited with the discovery of OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey[2].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie[4].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols[5].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4 followed (15981) 1998 UP6[6].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4 was followed by (15983) 1998 WM1[7].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 VA4[10].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AA4[11].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 11, 1998[12].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}[13].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1559672'}[14].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1547045830186045'}[15].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}[16].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.78'}[17].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.88272'}[18].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.88303202643864'}[19].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.69'}[20].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1347.706831556447'}[21].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+70.91659'}[22].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+70.88167350629848'}[23].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3870887'}[24].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.387800297478138'}[25].
  • (15982) 1998 VA4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.759'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(15982) 1998 VA4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

Related Entities

Caussols

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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  1. 23d ago · ToadetteEdit · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Followed by → —
    Site of astronomical discovery → Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie, Caussols
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460905.539249194'}
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P65]]: [[Q845975]], The Distributed Game (95): Pick the Discovery site #distributed-game"
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