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(18518) 1996 VT3

Summary

(18518) 1996 VT3 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (18518) 1996 VT3 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3 followed (18517) 1996 VG2[5].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3 was followed by (18519) 1996 VH4[6].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 VT3[9].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QD62[10].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 2, 1996[11].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}[12].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0616191'}[13].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05965634234898782'}[14].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}[15].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}[16].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.23'}[17].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.15610'}[18].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.159167008964863'}[19].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.44'}[20].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1621.96142676728'}[21].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.96916'}[22].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.27164'}[23].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45.21173219102008'}[24].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7015071'}[25].
  • (18518) 1996 VT3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.701643641886787'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(18518) 1996 VT3'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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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  1. 20d ago · Peter James · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.868'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.862813819892151'}
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7015071'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.701643641886787'}
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.96916'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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