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2018 VG₁₈

trans-Neptunian object
Place asteroid Q59825975
2018 VG₁₈
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Summary

2018 VG₁₈ is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 0.22% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (705 views/month, #9 of 4,107).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Scott S. Sheppard[3], David J. Tholen[4], Chadwick Trujillo[5]
  • Instance of: trans-Neptunian object[6]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Subaru Telescope[7]
  • Minor planet group: trans-Neptunian object[8]
  • Commons category: 2018 VG18[9]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
  • Provisional designation: 2018 VG18[11]
  • Time of discovery or invention: November 10, 2018[12]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.5236519128254697[13]
  • Apparent magnitude: 24.6[14]
  • Absolute magnitude: 3.94[15]
  • Orbital inclination: 24.1401509257029 degree[16]
  • Orbital period: 271063.9360491137 day[17]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 245.2595628839744 degree[18]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 81.96885632841479 astronomical unit[19]
  • Apoapsis: 124.8920047369053 astronomical unit[20]
  • Periapsis: 39.04570791992428 astronomical unit[21]
  • Argument of periapsis: 16.97598121655141 degree[22]
  • Mean anomaly: 160.8235456459466 degree[23]
  • Diameter: 500 km[24]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[25]
  • Time of periapsis: 2339907.5464106537 Julian day[26]

Why It Matters

2018 VG₁₈ has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Chadwick Trujillo Scott S. Sheppard

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+39.04570791992428'}
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Longitude of ascending node → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+245.2595628839744'}
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+124.8920047369053'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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