(20968) 1978 VM8
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(20968) 1978 VM8
Summary
(20968) 1978 VM8 is an asteroid[1].
Key Facts
- (20968) 1978 VM8 is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin[2].
- (20968) 1978 VM8 is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[5].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's follows is recorded as (20967) 1978 VF6[6].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's followed by is recorded as 20969 Samo[7].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VM8[10].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HK78[11].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z[12].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020968[13].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}[14].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1526640'}[15].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.151679438486424'}[16].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.9'}[17].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.0'}[18].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.93820'}[19].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.938254180354655'}[20].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}[21].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1332.449369667119'}[22].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+229.39647'}[23].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+229.1760442861587'}[24].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3697111'}[25].
- (20968) 1978 VM8's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.369744510482076'}[26].
Body
Designation and Status
(20968) 1978 VM8's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].