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(16820) 1997 VA3

Summary

(16820) 1997 VA3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (16820) 1997 VA3 is credited with the discovery of Tom Stafford[2].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's follows is recorded as (16819) 1997 VW[4].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's followed by is recorded as (16821) 1997 VZ4[5].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[6].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 VA3[8].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 PA9[9].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-11-06T00:00:00Z[10].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20016820[11].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}[12].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0886150'}[13].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08796439820040683'}[14].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}[15].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.47'}[16].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.86250'}[17].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.861404366284149'}[18].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.42'}[19].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1248.129577569943'}[20].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+270.75254'}[21].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+270.7019105989698'}[22].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2679585'}[23].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.2686848214594'}[24].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.469'}[25].
  • (16820) 1997 VA3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.468248316485474'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(16820) 1997 VA3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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