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(16359) 1978 VO4

Summary

(16359) 1978 VO4 is an asteroid[1]. (16359) 1978 VO4 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • (16359) 1978 VO4 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[3].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[4].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[6].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's follows is recorded as 16358 Plesetsk[7].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's followed by is recorded as (16360) 1978 VY5[8].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VO4[11].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 DF2[12].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016359[14].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}[15].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1559910'}[16].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1577741869449439'}[17].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}[18].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}[19].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.64114'}[20].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.643127176697593'}[21].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.74'}[22].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1366.288195229475'}[23].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.35354'}[24].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.29246010212631'}[25].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.4105691'}[26].
  • (16359) 1978 VO4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.40969786447584'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(16359) 1978 VO4's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(16359) 1978 VO4 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . 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. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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 . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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