(20685) 1999 VX48

Summary

(20685) 1999 VX48 is an asteroid^[1]. (20685) 1999 VX48 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• (20685) 1999 VX48 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's follows is recorded as (20684) 1999 VW44^[6].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's followed by is recorded as 20686 Thottumkara^[7].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 LE^[10].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QF66^[11].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VX48^[12].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-11-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020685^[14].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[15].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1367478'}^[16].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1337469657062806'}^[17].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[18].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.26'}^[19].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.26222'}^[20].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.26482006193941'}^[21].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.72'}^[22].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1724.542794854342'}^[23].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+268.13246'}^[24].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+267.6214832192017'}^[25].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.8128539'}^[26].
• (20685) 1999 VX48's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.814386243862471'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(20685) 1999 VX48's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

(20685) 1999 VX48 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]