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(16557) 1991 VE2

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(16557) 1991 VE2

Summary

(16557) 1991 VE2 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (16557) 1991 VE2 is credited with the discovery of Seiji Ueda[2].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2 is credited with the discovery of Hiroshi Kaneda[3].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kushiro[5].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's follows is recorded as (16556) 1991 VQ1[6].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's followed by is recorded as (16558) 1991 VQ2[7].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VE2[10].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-11-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3tpg7[12].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016557[13].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1002462'}[14].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1007668454112199'}[15].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}[16].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.07'}[17].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.73114'}[18].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.73119834373894'}[19].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.07'}[20].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1486.233232668289'}[21].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+228.25667'}[22].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+228.2267777723287'}[23].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5488513'}[24].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.548740934795962'}[25].
  • (16557) 1991 VE2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.804'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(16557) 1991 VE2's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Related Entities

Hiroshi Kaneda

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.07'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1486.233232668289'}
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+210.86488'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+209.8301152400703'}
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+248.83665'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+111.0828211346689'}
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