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(17363) 1978 VF3

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1481828

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(17362) 1978 UT7[5]
Followed by
(17364) 1978 VR10[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.7, 15.82[15][16]
Albedo
0.053
Apoapsis
2.949, 2.949602249456226
Argument of periapsis
6.18236, 6.003945824179768
Diameter
4.381
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
May 5, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
50.54256, 50.53731238515319[21][22]
Mean anomaly
217.75682, 188.5728033345062
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.23 (0.23–0.23, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
1.46327, 1.462489086937651[17][18]
Orbital period
3.71, 1355.922444305765[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8455346, 1.845386701897052
Provisional designation
1978 VF3, 1993 YS[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3972334, 2.397494475676639[23][24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
November 7, 1978[11]
Time of periapsis
2461446.1721764533
🏷️ Also known as
en (17363) 1978 VF3 ru 1978 VF3 ru 1993 YS zh 小行星17363
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12302h_y
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20017363
Minor Planet Center body ID
17363
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet17363Provisional1978VF3"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(17364) 1978 VR10
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(17364) 1978 VR10
Follows 1
(17362) 1978 UT7
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(17362) 1978 UT7
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Summary

(17363) 1978 VF3 is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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