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(16556) 1991 VQ1

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(16556) 1991 VQ1

Summary

(16556) 1991 VQ1 is an asteroid[1]. (16556) 1991 VQ1 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (16556) 1991 VQ1 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[3].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[4].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[6].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's follows is recorded as 16555 Nagaomasami[7].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's followed by is recorded as (16557) 1991 VE2[8].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VQ1[11].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-11-04T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3py2q[13].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016556[14].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2064319'}[15].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2064375568169'}[16].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}[17].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.75'}[18].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.34469'}[19].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.345310096440371'}[20].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.45'}[21].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1258.522985572057'}[22].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.653'}[23].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+71.67310'}[24].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+71.63284776999065'}[25].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2817802'}[26].
  • (16556) 1991 VQ1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.281261914396311'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(16556) 1991 VQ1's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

(16556) 1991 VQ1 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Hiroshi Kaneda

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.45'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1258.522985572057'}
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+297.88783'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+297.918825718598'}
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+256.26663'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.2757424514099'}
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