2018 VG₁₈

Summary

2018 VG₁₈ is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.22% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month, #9 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2018 VG₁₈ is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• 2018 VG₁₈ is credited with the discovery of David J. Tholen^[4].
• 2018 VG₁₈ is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo^[5].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s image is recorded as 2018VG18-SolarSystem-Orbit.png^[6].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[8].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Subaru Telescope^[9].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[10].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s Commons category is recorded as 2018 VG18^[11].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s provisional designation is recorded as 2018 VG18^[13].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2018-11-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3836918^[15].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5236519128254697'}^[16].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+24.6'}^[17].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.94'}^[18].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.1401509257029'}^[19].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+271063.9360491137'}^[20].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+245.2595628839744'}^[21].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+81.96885632841479'}^[22].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+124.8920047369053'}^[23].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+39.04570791992428'}^[24].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.97598121655141'}^[25].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+160.8235456459466'}^[26].
• 2018 VG₁₈'s diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+500'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[7] and trans-Neptunian object^[8].

Why It Matters

2018 VG₁₈ ranks in the top 0.22% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month, #9 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]