2018 VP1

Summary

2018 VP1 is a near-Earth asteroid^[1]. It draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (near_earth_asteroid category, ranking #12 of 31).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2018 VP1 is credited with the discovery of Zwicky Transient Facility^[3].
• 2018 VP1's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[4].
• 2018 VP1's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2018 VP1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 2018 VP1's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[7].
• 2018 VP1's minor planet group is recorded as near-Earth object^[8].
• 2018 VP1's Commons category is recorded as 2018 VP1^[9].
• 2018 VP1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2018 VP1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2018-11-03T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 2018 VP1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3835977^[12].
• 2018 VP1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4389020870819051'}^[13].
• 2018 VP1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+30.9'}^[14].
• 2018 VP1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.186827380122614'}^[15].
• 2018 VP1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+753.3095935767631'}^[16].
• 2018 VP1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.73575103090818'}^[17].
• 2018 VP1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.62025503965378'}^[18].
• 2018 VP1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3313883581628'}^[19].
• 2018 VP1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9091217211447613'}^[20].
• 2018 VP1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+316.6268268664314'}^[21].
• 2018 VP1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+177.58636926779'}^[22].
• 2018 VP1's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h4r8k6rd^[23].
• 2018 VP1's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2018 VP1^[24].
• 2018 VP1's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[25].
• 2018 VP1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460628.8957898393'}^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include near-Earth asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

Why It Matters

2018 VP1 draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (near_earth_asteroid category, ranking #12 of 31).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27]